Today the site is part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), designated by NORAD as Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) Ground Equipment Facility J-82.

The site was located east of the Cascade mountains to provide coverage of the air refueling tracks in Northern California.

[2] Logistical support and housing for personnel was provided by Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, thirteen miles to the east.

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

In 1976 the AN/FPS-90 was removed and sent to the new Joint Surveillance System (JSS) site J-81 which is 12 miles west of Dallas, Oregon on Laurel Mountain, where it became operational in 1980 until replaced by a 3D ARSR-4 FAA radar.

In the early 1990s, the abandoned station buildings at the former Keno AFS were removed (including the sewage lagoon) and most of the site has been returned to its natural state.