The TARS site near Morgan City, Louisiana, is a former federal radar site, one of several that were constructed for the Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) program, to monitor the southern border of the USA. At each site, a 200-foot long helium blimp, containing radar equipment, was connected to the ground by a two-mile long cord. Three of the sites along the Gulf were closed several years ago. Eight others, spread from Arizona to Florida, still operate. The Morgan City site went online in 1993, operated by the Air Force, which managed all TARS sites until July 2013, when the program was transferred to the US Customs and Border Protection division of the Department of Homeland Security. The Morgan City TARS site was closed sometime before 2013, and is now used as a heliport by a local company, Cane Helicopter Services.
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