Coolbaugh Township in Tobyhanna in Monroe County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
RC-12H Guardrail Common Sensor
83-24314
| | Manufactured in 1983 by Beechcraft | |
Photographed by Tobyhanna Army Depot Public Affairs, July 19, 2019
1. RC-12H Guardrail Common Sensor Marker
US Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA).
GUARDRAIL is an Airborne Signal Intercept and Emitter
Location System that provides real time tactical
battlefield Signal Intelligence information. This aircraft
was [assigned] to the 3rd Military Intelligence BN (AEB) Korea.
Crew 2 Speed 200 KT Range 1200NM
Engines 2 PW PT6A-42 850SHP
Erected by Tobyhanna Army Depot.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Cold.
Location. 41° 11.219′ N, 75° 25.729′ W. Memorial is in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County. It is in Coolbaugh Township. It is on Hap Arnold Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 11 Hap Arnold Boulevard, Tobyhanna PA 18466, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Pocono Mountains and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: F-14A Tomcat (within shouting distance of this marker); AN/TSW-7A Air Traffic Control Central (within shouting distance of this marker); AN/TSQ-72 Landing Control Central (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); AN/MPQ-4 Mobile Beam-Intercept Non-Tracking Radar
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More about this memorial. Tobyhanna Army Depot requires approved ID for entrance, and NO photography is allowed without prior approval from the depot commander. The contributor contacted Public Affairs, which had previously taken the photos, had them reviewed and approved, and then provided them to the contributor electronically. The contributor, being retired military, has been to the Depot and passed all of the markers along the entrance drive (but could not take photos). Thanks to Depot Public Affairs for providing the photographs, which highlight the important work the depot and US Army does for America.
Also see . . .
1. RC-12H Guardrail Common Sensor. United States Army Acquisition Support Center website entry (Submitted on November 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Tobyhanna Army Depot
Photographed by Tobyhanna Army Depot Public Affairs, July 19, 2019
2. RC-12H Guardrail Common Sensor and Marker
via Tobyhanna Army Depot, unknown
3. Tobyhanna Army Depot History
U.S. Army website entry
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Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 462 times since then and 93 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 6, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on November 13, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
