Cudjoe Key Air Force Station (earlier Cudjoe Key Missile Tracking Annex, Eglin AFB Site "No D 8") is a Formerly Used Defense Site of 68.5 acres (27.7 ha)[1] in Monroe County, Florida, 7 mi (11 km) Northeast of Perky, Florida.
[2] In February 1959, the Monroe County Commission approved extension of a potable fresh water line to what was described as a, "...missile tracking site on Cudjoe Key" being built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
[3] Activated on 16 Jun 1959[2] by the Army, the original mission of the site was, "...to track missiles traveling over the Eglin Gulf Test Range."
In 2007 a private Cessna 182Q Skylane that had departed Key West International Airport collided with the TARS tethers, killing the pilot and 2 passengers.[3].
The aircraft had violated a 15,000 foot, 3 nautical mile radius restricted area around the Cudjoe Key AFS TARS site.