was selected to man the ROCC, which achieved full operational status on 15 September 1983. In 1983, Murphy Dome received a new AN/FPS-117 minimally attended radar under Alaskan Air Command's SEEK IGLOO program. It was designed to transmit aircraft tracking data via satellite to the Alaskan NORAD Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC) at Elmendorf AFB. No longer needed, the 744th ACWS was inactivated on l November 1983 and the station re-designated as a Long Range Radar (LRR) Site. This left only contractor personnel to maintain the site radar. In 1990, jurisdiction of the Murphy Dome LRR Site was transferred to Eleventh Air Force with the re-designation of AAC. In 1998 Pacific Air Forces initiated "Operation Clean Sweep", in which abandoned Cold War stations in Alaska were remediated and the land restored to its previous state. After years of neglect the facilities at the station had lost any value they had when the site was closed. The site remediation of the radar, support and White Alice communication station was carried out by the 611th Civil Engineering Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, and remediation work was completed by 2005. Demographics Murphy Dome appeared once on the U.S. Census in 1980 as a census-designated place (CDP) before its closure in 1983. Current status Today very little of the former Murphy Dome Air Force Station remains. The site is controlled by the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center, based at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson. It is generally unattended; a few civilian contractors access the site for maintaining the facilities. Air Force units and assignments Units: 744th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 February 1953 – 1 November 1983 Assignments: 532d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 February 1953 531st Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 October 1977 11th Tactical Control Group, 1 July 1981 – 1 November 1983 See also Alaskan Air Command References Alaskan Air Defenses Information for Murphy Dome AFS, AK External links Murphy Dome ski area Radar stations of the United States Air Force Stations of the United States Air Force Military installations in Alaska Buildings and structures in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska 1951 establishments in Alaska Military installations established in 1951 1983 disestablishments in Alaska Military installations closed in 1983