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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 April 1966 History PhADS was established in June 1959 assuming control of former ADC Western Air Defense Force units in Arizona; southwestern California; southern Nevada and southwestern Utah. The organization provided command and control over several aircraft and radar squadrons. On 15 June the new Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-21) became operational. DC-21 was equipped with dual AN/FSQ-7, AN/FSQ-7 Computers. The day-to-day operations of the command was to train and maintain tactical flying units flying jet interceptor aircraft (F-94 Starfire; F-102 Delta Dagger; F-106 Delta Dart) in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with SAC and other units simulating interceptions of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Defense Command
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was established in 1946, briefly inactivated in 1950, reactivated in 1951, and then redesignated ''Aerospace'' rather than ''Air'' in 1968. Its mission was to provide air defense of the Continental United States (CONUS). It directly controlled all active measures, and was tasked to coordinate all passive means of air defense. Air defense during World War II Continental United States air defense forces during World War II were initially under the command of the four air districts – Northeast Air District, Northwest Air District, Southeast Air District, and Southwest Air District. The air districts were established on 16 January 1941, before the Pearl Harbor attack. The four air districts also handled USAAF combat training with the Army Ground Forces and "organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27th Air Division
The 27th Air Division was a United States Air Force numbered air division and the geographic Air Defense Command region controlled by the 27th AD. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Tenth Air Force, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It was inactivated on 19 November 1969. Norton AFB Activated as the 27 Air Division (Defense) on 7 September 1950, the unit was assigned to ADC for most of its existence,until 1 December 1950, its parent Western Air Defense Force was part of Continental Air Command the division's initial air defense area was southern California and later southern Nevada (and a small portion of Arizona by 1953). The 4705th Defense Wing was a temporary unit that absorbed the 1st Fighter-Interceptor Wing's personnel and equipment five days after it was organized in early 1952 at Norton Air Force Base. These units included, for example, the 94th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at George Air Force Base). The wing was discontinued and the 94th FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winslow AFS
Winslow Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-93) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located in Coconino County, Arizona, west-northwest of Winslow, Arizona. It was closed in 1963. History Winslow Air Force Station was established in 1954 by Air Defense Command as one of a planned deployment of forty-four Mobile radar stations to support the permanent ADC Radar network in the United States sited around the perimeter of the country. This deployment was projected to be operational by mid-1952. Funding, constant site changes, construction, and equipment delivery delayed deployment. This site became operational in April 1955 when the 904th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was assigned to the station. Winslow became operational in 1956 with the squadron using an AN/FPS-8 search radar, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
904th Radar Squadron
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas AFS
Las Vegas Air Force Station (ADC ID: SM-163, NORAD ID: Z-163) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. It was closed by the Air Force in 1969 and turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The site is now data-tied into the Joint Surveillance System (JSS). History Las Vegas Air Force Station was initially part of Phase II of the Air Defense Command Mobile Radar program. The Air Force approved this expansion of the Mobile Radar program on October 23, 1952. Radars in this network were designated "SM". The radar site is located on top oAngel Peak which is north-northwest of the city of Las Vegas, and east oCharleston Peak The Air Force constructed about 24 main buildings in two LVAFS areas, the Operations and Cantonment Areas. Construction in the Operations Area consisted of four radar towers, four operational buildings, one water pump station, a power building, and five large abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent AFS
The 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Phoenix Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Yuma Air Force Station, Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Constituted as the 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 8 August 1955 : Redesignated 864th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 June 1962 : Redesignation retroactively revokedAir Defense Command Special Order G-4, 15 October 1962 : Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963 Assignments * 27th Air Division The 27th Air Division was a United States Air Force numbered air division and the geographic Air Defense Command region controlled by the 27th AD. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Tenth Air Force, at Luke Air Force Base ..., 8 August 1955 * Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
864th Aircraft Control And Warning Squadron
The 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Phoenix Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Yuma Air Force Station, Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Constituted as the 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 8 August 1955 : Redesignated 864th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 June 1962 : Redesignation retroactively revokedAir Defense Command Special Order G-4, 15 October 1962 : Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963 Assignments * 27th Air Division, 8 August 1955 * Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 1 October 1959 * Phoenix Air Defense Sector, 1 May 1961 – 1 August 1963 Stations * Yuma County Airport, Arizona, 8 August 1955 : Base redesignated Vincent AFB Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma is a United States Marine Corps air station. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Lemmon AFS
Mount Lemmon Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-92, NORAD ID: Z-92) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north-northeast of Tucson, Arizona. It was closed in 1969. History Mount Lemmon Air Force Station was established in 1954 by Air Defense Command as one of a planned deployment of forty-four mobile radar stations to support the permanent ADC Radar network in the United States sited around the perimeter of the country. This deployment was projected to be operational by mid-1952. Funding, constant site changes, construction, and equipment delivery delayed deployment. This site became operational on 1 April 1956 when the 684th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was assigned by the 34th Air Division to Mount Lemmon AFS. The squadron began operations using AN/MPS-7, AN/MPS-14, and AN/TPS-10D radars at Mount Lemmon in August 1956, and initially the station functioned as an aircraft control and warning station. The AN/TPS-l0D was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajo AFS
Ajo Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located northwest of Ajo, Arizona. It was closed in 1969 by the Air Force, and the radar site turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Today the site is part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), designated by NORAD as Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) Ground Equipment Facility J-29A. History Ajo Air Force Station came into existence as part of Phase III of the Air Defense Command Mobile Radar program. On October 20, 1953 ADC requested a third phase of twenty-five radar sites be constructed. Ajo was one of the most expensive ADC radar stations to be constructed, with costs mounting to approximately $7.4 million for 100 structures located within housing, cantonment, operations, ground-air transmitter-receiver (GATR) areas. This site became active in January 1958 with the 612th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron being assigned to the new station under 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
612th Radar Squadron
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