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The 25th Air Division is an inactive
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intermediate echelon command and control organization. It was last assigned to
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,
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(ADTAC). It was inactivated on 30 September 1990 at
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, Washington.


History

The command was activated on 25 October 1948 being the first Air Division for air defense. Its headquarters was at Silver Lake Air Warning Station, near
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under Continental Air Forces. The 25th AD did not assume any command responsibilities until 1949 when it became an intermediate level command under the
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,
Western Air Defense Force The Western Air Defense Force (WADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960. History WADF ...
. Its initial Area of Responsibility (AOR) was a large area of the northwest
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, from the 103rd meridian west and north of the
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. This encompassed an area consisting of the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming and the western parts of North and South Dakota as well as Nebraska. During the 1950s the AOR of the 25th AD changed frequently, but its core area always included the area of Washington State west of the Cascade Mountains. On 1 January 1951, Air Defense Command regained major command status, and the 25th AD was one of four Air Divisions assigned to the new command. Later that year, on 15 September HQ 25th AD was moved from Silver Lake to
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, near
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. Beginning on 1 January 1958, it the command organization for the
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(SAGE) Data Center (DC-12) at McChord. A few months later, on 1 September, the Portland Air Defense Sector, with its SAGE Direction Center (DC-13) at Adair Air Force Station, Oregon also came under the 25th AD; on 8 September the Spokane Air Defense Sector and DC-15 at
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toned the 25th AD. In 1959, the Reno Air Defense Sector and DC-16 at Stead Air Force Base, Nevada was also incorporated. During the Cold War era, the 25th AD equipped, administered, trained and provided air defense combat ready forces within the northwestern United States. It exercised command jurisdiction over assigned units, installations, and facilities and provided and maintained facilities for the Air Division control center. In addition, the division and its subordinate units also participated in numerous tactical air defense training exercises. In the late 1950s, the Division also controlled United States-built radar stations in Western Canada as part of the
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. These stations were turned over to the
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in the early 1960s. In May 1960, SAGE Combat Center Number 3 (CC-03) became operational at McChord, bringing these separate Direction Centers under a unified center under the 25th AD. In July, DC-16 at Stead was reassigned to the
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at
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, California and the inactivation of the Western Air Defense Force brought the 25th AD directly under the control of Air Defense Command. In 1966 it was assigned to Headquarters,
Fourth Air Force The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California. 4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reser ...
at Hamilton, although it remained stationed at McChord. It also replaced the
Seattle 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 ...
in 1966. Assumed additional designations of 25th NORAD Region and 25th CONAD Region after activation of the NORAD Combat Operations Center at the
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, Colorado and reporting was transferred to
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from ADC at
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in April 1966. Assumed additional designation 25th ADCOM Region on 8 December 1978. The division was a major part of Air Defense Command, and later Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM) in 1968. In 1979 it was incorporated into
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with the inactivation of ADCOM as a major command. Under Air Defense Tactical Air Command. In 1985 most active-duty units of ADCOM were inactivated or reassigned to other missions, and the air defense mission came under
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and Air National Guard units under
First Air Force The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern; 1 AF-AFNORTH) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Cont ...
. It continued its mission until 1990, when the 25 AD was inactivated, with its mission and components becoming part of the
First Air Force The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern; 1 AF-AFNORTH) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Cont ...
Northwest 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 ...
.


Lineage

* Established as the 25 Air Defense Division on 27 September 1948 : Activated on 25 October 1948 : Redesignated 25 Air Division (Defense) on 20 June 1949 : Inactivated on 1 February 1952 * Organized on 1 February 1952The simultaneous inactivation and organization of the division represents only a change from a Table of Organization unit to a Table of Distribution unit. : Redesignated 25th Air Division (SAGE) on 1 March 1959 : Redesignated 25th Air Division on 1 April 1966 : Inactivated on 30 September 1990


Assignments

*
Fourth Air Force The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California. 4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reser ...
, 25 October 1948 * Air Defense Command, 1 April 1949 * Fourth Air Force, 8 July 1949 (attached to Western Air Defense Force after 10 November 1949) * Western Air Defense Force, 1 August 1950 * Air Defense Command, 1 July 1960 * Fourth Air Force, 1 April 1966 *
Tenth Air Force The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswell ...
, 15 September 1969 * Aerospace Defense Command, 1 December 1969 * Air Defense Tactical Air Command, 1 October 1979 *
First Air Force The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern; 1 AF-AFNORTH) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Cont ...
, 6 December 1985 – 30 September 1990


Stations

* Silver Lake Air Warning Station, Washington, 25 October 1948 * McChord Air Force Base, Washington, 14 September 1951 – 30 September 1990


Components


Sectors

* Southwest Air Defense Sector: 1 July 1987 – 30 September 1990 :
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, California *
Northwest 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 ...
: 1 July 1987 – 30 September 1990 : McChord Air Force Base, Washington * Portland Air Defense Sector: 8 June 1958 – 1 April 1966 : Adair Air Force Station, Oregon * Reno Air Defense Sector: 15 February 1959 – 1 July 1960 : Stead Air Force Base, Nevada *
Seattle 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 ...
: 8 January 1958 – 1 April 1966 : McChord Air Force Base, Washington * Spokane Air Defense Sector: 8 September 1958 – 1 September 1963. : Larson Air Force Base, Washington


Wings

*
325th Fighter Wing The 325th Fighter Wing (325 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Mission The 325th Fighter Wing's primary mission is to provide air dominance training for F-22 Raptor pilots and maintenance per ...
: 18 October 1956 – 10 February 1960; 1 April 1966 – 1 July 1968 : McChord Air Force Base, Washington *
4700th Air Defense Wing 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 Air D ...
: 1 September 1958 – 15 May 1960 :
Geiger Field Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport located approximately west-southwest of downtown Spokane, Washington, United States. It is the primary airport serving the Inland Northwest, which consists of 30 counties and includes ar ...
, Washington *
4702d Defense Wing The 4702nd Defense Wing (Def Wg) is a discontinued wing of the United States Air Force, last assigned to the 25th Air Division at Geiger Field, Washington. It was established in 1952 at Hamilton AFB, California in a general reorganization of Air De ...
: 7 November 1952 – 8 October 1954 : Hamilton Air Force Base, California : Geiger Field, Washington *
4704th Defense Wing The 4704th Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 25th Air Division of Air Defense Command (ADC) at McChord Air Force Base, Washington, where it was discontinued in 1954. It was e ...
: 10 December 1952 – 8 October 1954. : McChord Air Force Base, Washington


Groups

* 57th Fighter Group (Air Defense) : Paine Field, Washington, 1 April 1966 – 30 September 1968 :
78th Fighter Group The 78th Fighter Group (78 FG) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 78th Fighter Wing, at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 February 1961. During World War II the group was an Eighth ...
: Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 18 August 1955 – 1 July 1960 *
84th Fighter Group Area codes 084 and 086 are Nigerian telephone area code A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers ar ...
(Air Defense) :
Geiger Field Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport located approximately west-southwest of downtown Spokane, Washington, United States. It is the primary airport serving the Inland Northwest, which consists of 30 counties and includes ar ...
, Washington, 15 August – 1 September 1958 * 325th Fighter Group (Air Defense) : McChord Air Force Base, Washington, 18 August – 18 October 1956 *
326th Fighter Group 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
(Air Defense) : Paine Field, Washington, 18 August 1955 – 10 February 1960 *
337th Fighter Group 337th may refer to: * 337th Aeronautical Systems Group, inactive United States Air Force unit * 337th Air Control Squadron, part of the 33d Fighter Wing, an AETC unit, based at the USAF Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida * 337th Airlift Squadron, part ...
(Air Defense), 18 August 1955 – 15 April 1960 : Portland Airport * 408th Fighter Group (Air Defense) :
Kingsley Field Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base is the home base of the Oregon Air National Guard's 173rd Fighter Wing (173 FW). History In 1928, the citizens of Klamath Falls approved the sale of $50,000 worth of bonds to construct an airport. The air ...
, Oregon, 1 March 1959 – 15 April 1960; 15 September 1969 – 1 October 1970 * 162d Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Federalzed ANG) : Larson Air Force Base, Washington, 25 June 1951 – 6 February 1952 *
503d Air Defense Group The 503d Air Defense Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 25th Air Division of Air Defense Command at Portland International Airport, Oregon. It was inactivated on 18 August 1955. The group ...
: Portland Airport, Washington, 8 October 1954 – 18 August 1955 *
505th Aircraft Control and Warning Group 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...
: Silver Lake AWS, Washington, 21 May 1947 : McChord Air Force Base, Washington, 15 August 1951 – 6 February 1952 *
529th Air Defense Group The 529th Air Defense Group is a disbanded United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 25th Air Division at Paine Field, Washington. It was inactivated on 18 August 1955. The group was originally activated as a suppo ...
: Paine Field, Washington, 8 October 1954 – 18 August 1955 * 567th Air Defense Group : Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 8 October 1954 – 18 August 1955 – 1 July 1960 * 4721st Air Defense Group : Larson Air Force Base, Washington, 15 August – 1 September 1968


Squadrons


=Interceptor

= *
5th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 5th Flying Training Squadron is part of the United States Air Force's Air Force Reserve Command serving as a Air Force Reserve Command#Associate Program, reserve associate squadron operating with the 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air F ...
: Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1 June 1983 – 1 December 1987 *
318th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 25th Air Division at McChord Air Force Base, Washington, where it was inactivated on 7 December 1989. The squadron was first a ...
: McChord Air Force Base, Washington, 18 August 1955 – 7 December 1989 322nd Fighter Interceptor squadron Kingsley Field, Oregon *
323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1960. The squadron was first a ...
: Larson Air Force Base, Washington, 26 November 1952 – 18 August 1955 *
460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 460th Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command's 325th Fighter Weapons Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, where it was inactivated on 15 Octo ...
: Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1 April 1971 – 30 July 1974


=Radar

= *
634th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 634th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Lake Charles Air Force Station, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 July 1974. History Th ...
(later 634th Radar Squadron) : Burns Air Force Station, Oregon, 20 June 1953 – 1 October 1954; 15 August 1958 – 1 September 1958; 15 September 1969 – 30 September 1970 *
635th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 635th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Dauphin Island Air Force Station, Alabama. It was inactivated on 1 July 1974. The unit ...
: Fort Lawton Air Force Station, Washington, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 1 January 1953 – 1 January 1953 * 636th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron : Condon Air Force Station, Oregon, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 15 August – 1 September 1958; 15 September 1969 – 30 September 1970 * 637th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron :
Othello Air Force Station Othello Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-40, NORAD ID: Z-40) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south of Othello, Washington. It was the home station of the 637th Aircraft Control and Warning Squa ...
, Washington, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 15 August – 1 September 1958; 1 April 1966 – 31 March 1975 * 638th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Curlew Air Force Station, Washington, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 15 August – 1 September 1958 * 680th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Yaak Air Force Station, Montana, 15 August – 1 September 1958; 15 May – 1 July 1960 *
689th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 689th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 25th Air Division, stationed at Mount Hebo Air Force Station, Oregon. It was inactivated on 30 June 1979. History The 689th Radar Squadron's long ...
(later 689th Radar Squadron) : Mount Hebo Air Force Station, Oregon, 8 October 1954 – 1 March 1960; 1 April 1966 – 30 June 1979 * 716th Radar Squadron : Kalispell Air Force Station, Montana, 19 November 1969 – 1 April 1978 * 757th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (later 757th Radar Squadron) : Blaine Air Force Station, Washington, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 8 October 1954 – 1 March 1960; 1 April 1966 – 1 January 1979 *
758th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Makah Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-44, NORAD ID: Z-44) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south of Neah Bay, Washington. It was closed in 1988 by the Air Force, and turned over to the Federa ...
(later 758th Radar Squadron) : Makah Air Force Station, Washington, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 8 October 1954 – 1 March 1960; 1 April 1966 – 30 June 1982 *
759th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Naselle Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-57, NORAD ID: Z-57) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north of Naselle, Washington. It was decommissioned by the Air Force in 1966 and later used for com ...
(later 758th Radar Squadron) : Naselle Air Force Station, Washington, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 8 October 1954 – 1 March 1960; 1 April – 25 June 1966 *
760th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Colville Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east-northeast of Colville, Washington. It was closed in 1961. History Colville Air Force Station was one of twenty-eight station ...
: Colville Air Force Station, Washington, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 15 August – 1 September 1958 *
761st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron North Bend Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-12, NORAD ID: Z-12) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north-northeast of Hauser, Oregon. It was closed in 1980. History North Bend Air Force Station ...
(later 761st Radar Squadron) : North Bend Air Force Station, Oregon, 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1953; 8 October 1954 – 1 March 1960; 15 September 1969 – 11 February 1980 * 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (later 777th Radar Squadron) : Klamath Air Force Station, California, 1 March 1959 – 1 March 1960; 15 September 1969 – 30 September 1981 * 821st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Geiger Field, Washington, 15 August – 1 September 1958 : Baker Air Force Station, Oregon, 15 May – 1 July 1960 *
822d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
: Cottonwood Air Force Station, Idaho, 15 August – 1 September 1958 *
823d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Mica Peak Air Force Station (ADC ID: SM-151, NORAD ID: Z-141) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located atop Mica Peak, east-northeast of Mica, Washington. It was closed in 1975 by the Air Force, a ...
(later 823d Radar Squadron) : Mica Peak Air Force Station, Washington, 15 August – 1 September 1958; 1 April 1966 – 1 June 1975 *
825th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 825th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Spokane Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Kamloops Air Station, British Columbia, Canada. It was inactivat ...
:
Kamloops Air Station Canadian Forces Station Kamloops (ADC ID: SM-153/C-153) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located northeast of Kamloops, British Columbia. It was closed in 1988. It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line network cont ...
, British Columbia, 1 September 1957 – 15 March 1960 *
827th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Keno Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-180, NORAD ID: Z-180) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southwest of Keno, Oregon. It was closed in 1979 by the Air Force, and turned over to the F ...
(later 827th Radar Squadron) : Keno Air Force Station, Oregon, 1 March 1959 – 1 March 1960; 1 March 1970 – 1 October 1979 *
859th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Red Bluff Air Force Station (ADC ID: SM-157, NORAD ID: Z-157) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-southwest of Red Bluff, California. It was closed in 1970. History Red Bluff Air Force S ...
: Red Bluff Air Force Station, California, 1 March 1959 – 1 March 1960 *
917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Seattle Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Puntzi Mountain Air Force Station, British Columbia. It was ina ...
: Puntzi Mountain Air Station, British Columbia, 1 January 1953 – 1 March 1960 * 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron :
Baldy Hughes Air Station Canadian Forces Station Baldy Hughes (ADC ID: C-20) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southwest of Prince George, British Columbia. It was closed in 1988. It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line networ ...
, British Columbia, 16 February 1953 – 1 March 1960 *
919th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 919th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Spokane Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Saskatoon Mountain Air Station, Alberta, Canada. It was inactiv ...
:
Saskatoon Mountain Air Station Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as ...
, Alberta, 16 February 1953 – 15 March 1960


See also

* List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons * List of United States Air Force air divisions *
United States general surveillance radar stations United States general surveillance radar stations include Army and USAF stations of various US air defense networks (in reverse chronological order): * Joint Surveillance System (JSS), with radar stations controlled by joint FAA/USAF ROCCs beginni ...


References


Notes


Bibliography

* * * "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". ''The Interceptor'' (January 1979) Aerospace Defense Command, (Volume 21, Number 1) {{Aerospace Defense Command, state=collapsed
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