Editing Moscow, Maine (section)

==History==
[[Moscow Air Force Station]], a [[radar]] installation comprising numerous steel antenna towers in three linear arrays on 1,494 acres about five miles northeast of the town center, was erected in the late 1980s and decommissioned in 2002. The site was put up for online auction in September 2011 through the U.S. [[General Services Administration]].<ref>[http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucdsclnk?sl=BOSTN111002001 gsaauctions.gov], Sale-Lot No. BOSTN111002001 (accessed November 16, 2011)]</ref><ref>[http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/moscowlandup-for-auction_2011-09-17.html "Moscow land up for auction"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415135115/http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/moscowlandup-for-auction_2011-09-17.html |date=April 15, 2012 }}, ''Waterville Sentinel'', September 18, 2011 (accessed November 16, 2011)</ref> In July 2010 a [[wind farm]] was proposed as a possible use for the land, and the town began setting zoning regulations for wind turbine placement in December 2010.<ref>[http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/from-swords-into-ploughshares_2010-07-03.html "Deal under way to turn Cold War-era radar site into possible wind farm"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415135148/http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/from-swords-into-ploughshares_2010-07-03.html |date=April 15, 2012 }}, ''Waterville Sentinel'', July 4, 2010 (accessed November 16, 2011)</ref><ref>[http://bangordailynews.com/2010/12/04/news/moscow-maine-sets-rules-for-wind-turbines "Moscow, Maine, sets rules for wind turbines"], ''Bangor Daily News'', December 4, 2010 (accessed November 16, 2011)</ref> By October 2011, the radar antenna arrays had been dismantled and removed from the deactivated station, but [[microwave]] towers and various buildings remained.<ref>[http://www.coldwarrelics.com/moscow_afs coldwarrelics.com], Moscow AFS (accessed November 16, 2011)</ref> As of November 2011, the land was still up for auction with two bidders active.<ref>[http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/two-bidders-fight-for-former-air-force-land-buildings_2011-11-15.html "Two Bidders Fight For Former Air Force Land, Buildings"], ''Waterville Sentinel'', November 16, 2011 (accessed November 16, 2011)</ref> Because the site has been federally owned and tax-exempt, the town has been denied property tax revenue for decades.