On 20 October 1953 ADC requested a third phase of twenty-five radar sites be constructed.

As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.

During 1961 Dickinson AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, initially feeding data to DC-20 at Malmstrom AFB, Montana.

The Ground to Air Transmitter-Receiver (GATR) facility was located off-station at 46°56′07″N 102°43′54″W / 46.93528°N 102.73167°W / 46.93528; -102.73167, approximately 2700' elevation AMSL, roughly 3 miles north of the main station.

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