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Southwest Air Defense Sector

Index Southwest Air Defense Sector

The Southwest Air Defense Sector (SWADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. [1]

51 relations: Aerospace Defense Command, Air Defense Direction Center, Air National Guard, Air Route Surveillance Radar, Ajo Air Force Station, California, Castle Air Force Base, Central Valley (California), Continental NORAD Region, Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Eastern Air Defense Sector, First Air Force, George Air Force Base, Ground Equipment Facility J-31, Joint Surveillance System, List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force, List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons, Lompoc Air Force Station, Madera Air Force Station, March Air Reserve Base, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, McChord Field, Norton Air Force Base, Permanent System radar stations, Santa Barbara, California, Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, Southeast Air Defense Sector, Tyndall Air Force Base, United States, United States Air Force, United States general surveillance radar stations, Western Air Defense Force, Western Air Defense Sector, 122nd meridian west, 138th Fighter Wing, 144th Fighter Wing, 149th Fighter Wing, 150th Special Operations Wing, 15th Test Squadron, 26th Air Division, 27th Air Division, 28th Air Division, 28th parallel north, 329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 36th parallel north, 414th Fighter Group, 456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 669th Radar Squadron, 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, ..., 97th meridian west. Expand index (1 more) »

Aerospace Defense Command

Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Forces, responsible for continental air defence.

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Air Defense Direction Center

An Air Defense Direction Center (ADDC) was a type of United States command post for assessing Cold War radar tracks, assigning height requests to available height-finder radars, and for "Weapons Direction": coordinating command guidance of aircraft from more than 1 site for ground-controlled interception ("weapons assignment").

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Air National Guard

The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force as well as the militia air force of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Air Route Surveillance Radar

The Air Route Surveillance Radar is used by the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration to control airspace within and around the borders of the United States.

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Ajo Air Force Station

Ajo Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Castle Air Force Base

Castle Air Force Base (1941–1995) is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base located northeast of Atwater, northwest of Merced and about 115 miles (185 km) south of Sacramento, California.

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Central Valley (California)

The Central Valley is a flat valley that dominates the geographical center of the U.S. state of California.

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Continental NORAD Region

The Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) is a component of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) that provides airspace surveillance and control and directs air sovereignty activities for the continental United States (CONUS).

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Davis–Monthan Air Force Base

Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits approximately south-southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona.

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Eastern Air Defense Sector

The Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) is a United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) unit permanently assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

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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).

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George Air Force Base

George Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located within the city limits, 8 miles northwest, of central Victorville, California, about 75 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California.

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Ground Equipment Facility J-31

Ground Equipment Facility J-31 (San Pedro Hill Air Force Station during the Cold War) is a Joint Surveillance System radar site of the Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) and the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control radar network for the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center.

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Joint Surveillance System

The Joint Surveillance System (JSS) is a joint United States Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration system for the atmospheric air defense of North America.

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List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force

This is a list of Major Air Command (MAJCOM) Wings of the United States Air Force (USAF), a designation system in use from the summer of 1948 to the mid-1990s.

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List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons

The second iteration of Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) was established on 21 March 1946 as a component of the United States Army Air Forces, with the mission of planning for and executing the air defense of the United States.

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Lompoc Air Force Station

Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station (ADC ID: RP-15, NORAD ID: Z-15) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station.

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Madera Air Force Station

Madera Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-74, NORAD ID: Z-74) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station.

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March Air Reserve Base

March Air Reserve Base (March ARB), previously known as March Air Force Base (March AFB) is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris.

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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma is a United States Marine Corps air station which is the home to multiple squadrons of AV-8B Harrier IIs and F-35B Lightning IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1), Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401), an air combat adversary squadron of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps Reserve.

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McChord Field

McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington.

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Norton Air Force Base

Norton Air Force Base (1942–1994) was a United States Air Force facility east of downtown San Bernardino, California, in San Bernardino County.

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Permanent System radar stations

The Permanent System ("P system") was a 1950s radar network ("P radar net") used for the CONUS "manual air defense system" and which had a USAF aircraft control and warning (AC&W) organization of personnel and military installations with radars to allow Air Defense Command ground-controlled interception of Cold War bombers attacking the United States.

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Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara (Spanish for "Saint Barbara") is the county seat of Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California.

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Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station

Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-15) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station.

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Semi-Automatic Ground Environment

The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE, a name selected to mean "wise") was a system of large computers and associated networking equipment that coordinated data from many radar sites and processed it to produce a single unified image of the airspace over a wide area.

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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.

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Tyndall Air Force Base

Tyndall Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located east of Panama City, Florida.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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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).

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Western Air Defense Force

The Western Air Defense Force (WADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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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.

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122nd meridian west

The meridian 122° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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138th Fighter Wing

The 138th Fighter Wing (138 FW) is a unit of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, stationed at the Tulsa Air National Guard Base at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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144th Fighter Wing

The 144th Fighter Wing (144 FW) is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Fresno Air National Guard Base, California.

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149th Fighter Wing

The 149th Fighter Wing (149 FW) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard, stationed at Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

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150th Special Operations Wing

The 150th Special Operations Wing (150 SOW) is a unit of the New Mexico Air National Guard, stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base.

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15th Test Squadron

The 15th Test Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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26th Air Division

The 26th Air Division (26th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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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.

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28th Air Division

The 28th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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28th parallel north

The 28th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 28 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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36th parallel north

The 36th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 36 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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414th Fighter Group

The 414th Fighter Group is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force.

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456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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669th Radar Squadron

The 669th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

The 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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97th meridian west

The 97th meridian west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Air_Defense_Sector

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