It is located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) east-northeast of Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

The Air Force approved this expansion of the Mobile Radar program on 23 October 1952.

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

Several parcels were conveyed to the Department of the Interior, the Grand Rapids School District # 318, and the Bureau of Mines.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency