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Regional air defense sectors

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Eastern Air Defense Sector The Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) is a United States Air Force unit of Air Combat Command (ACC), permanently assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). A joint, bi-national military organization, EADS is composed of U ...
(1956—1966, 1987—), headquartered at Griffiss Business and Technology Park, the former Griffiss Air Force Base, in Rome, New York *
Southwest Air Defense Sector The Southwest Air Defense Sector (SWADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the First Air Force, being stationed at March Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on December 31, 1994. ...
(1987–1994), an inactive United States Air Force organization, last headquartered at March Air Force Base, California *
Southeast Air Defense Sector The Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS), was a unit of the US Air Force located at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida. It provided air defense and surveillance of the southeastern region of the US. SEADS closed in winter 2005 ...
(1987–2006), a unit of the US Air Force, last headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida *
Western Air Defense Sector The Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington. As a state militia unit, the Western Air Defense Sector is not in the normal United States Air Force ch ...
(1958–), a unit of the Washington Air National Guard, headquartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington


Air defense sectors named for metropolitan areas


Canada

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Goose Air Defense Sector The Goose Air Defense Sector (GADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division, being stationed at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and re ...
(1963-1966), last headquartered at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador, Canada


United States

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Phoenix Air Defense Sector The Phoenix Air Defense Sector (PhADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 28th Air Division, being stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 Apri ...
(1960-1966), last headquartered at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona *
San Francisco Air Defense Sector The San Francisco Air Defense Sector (SFADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division, being stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California. The sector was established in February 1 ...
(1959–1963), last headquartered at Beale Air Force Base, California *
Denver Air Defense Sector The Denver Air Defense Sector was a United States Air Force geographic area designated during the Cold War for both air defense and air traffic control, as well as the name of the planned military unit for conducting radar surveillance and fig ...
(1959), a SAGE sector in the Rocky Mountain division, Colorado *
Sioux City Air Defense Sector The Sioux City Air Defense Sector (SCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Sioux City Air Force Station, Iowa. History SCADS was ...
(1961–1966), last headquartered at Sioux City Air Force Station, Iowa *
Bangor Air Defense Sector The Bangor Air Defense Sector is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with 26th Air Division at Topsham Air Force Station, Maine, where it was inactivated on 1 April 1966. From 1958 through 1966, the secto ...
(1958–1966), last headquartered at Topsham Air Force Station, Maine *
Albuquerque Air Defense Sector The Albuquerque Air Defense Sector (AADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was briefly active between 1 January and 1 November 1960, assigned to the 33d Air Division at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The sector was r ...
(1950, 1960), last headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico *
Detroit Air Defense Sector The Detroit Air Defense Sector (DEADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division at Custer Air Force Station (AFS), Michigan. It was inactivated on 1 Apri ...
(1957–1966), last headquartered at Custer Air Force Station, Michigan *
Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector The Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector (SsmADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 30th Air Division, being stationed at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan. History SsmADS was establ ...
(1958–1966), last headquartered at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan *
Duluth Air Defense Sector The Duluth Air Defense Sector (DUADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Duluth Airport, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 1 April 1969 ...
(1959–1966), last headquartered at Duluth Airport, Minnesota *
Kansas City Air Defense Sector The Kansas City Air Defense Sector (KCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. It was inact ...
(1961–1962), last headquartered at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri *
Great Falls Air Defense Sector The Great Falls Air Defense Sector (GFADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. It was inactivate ...
(1959-1966), last headquartered at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana *
Reno Air Defense Sector The Reno Air Defense Sector (ReADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division, being stationed at Stead Air Force Base, Nevada. History ReADS was established in February 1959 assu ...
(1959–1966), last headquartered at Stead Air Force Base, Nevada *
Boston Air Defense Sector The Boston Air Defense Sector (BADS) is an inactive United States Air Force Air Defense Command (ADC) organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division at Hancock Field, New York. History BADS was established in 1956 at Stewar ...
(1956-1966), last headquartered at Hancock Field, New York *
Syracuse Air Defense Sector The Syracuse Air Defense Sector (SADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division at Hancock Field, New York. SADS was established in October 1956 as the 4 ...
(1956–1963), last headquartered at Hancock Field, New York *
Grand Forks Air Defense Sector The Grand Forks Air Defense Sector (GFADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. It was inact ...
(1957-1963), last headquartered at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota *
Minot Air Defense Sector The Minot Air Defense Sector (MADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. It was inactivated on 1 D ...
(1959-1963), last headquartered at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota *
Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector The Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector (OCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command's 29th Air Division at Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma. History Oklahoma City A ...
(1960–1966), last headquartered at Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma *
Portland Air Defense Sector The Portland Air Defense Sector (PADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 25th Air Division, being stationed at Adair Air Force Station, Oregon. It was inactivated on 1 July 1969. History ...
(1948-1966), last headquartered at Adair Air Force Station, Oregon *
Washington Air Defense Sector The Washington Air Defense Sector (WaADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station (AFS), Virginia. It ...
(1956–1966), headquartered at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia *
Spokane Air Defense Sector The Spokane Air Defense Sector (SPADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 25th Air Division (25th AD) at Larson Air Force Base in Grant County, Washington History SAGE ...
(1958–1963), last headquartered at Larson Air Force Base, Washington *
Chicago Air Defense Sector The Chicago Air Defense Sector (CADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 30th Air Division at Truax Field Wisconsin. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966. History CAD ...
(1957–1966), last headquartered at Truax Field, Wisconsin


See also

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Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air De ...
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