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  2. Category : Radar stations of the United States Air Force

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    Pages in category "Radar stations of the United States Air Force" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  3. List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning ...

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    This Article is a list of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons active, inactive, and historical. The purpose of an aircraft control and warning squadron is to provide an airborne radar picket to detect vessels, planes, and vehicles before they enter an area of operations, as well as providing command and control in an engagement by directing aircraft strikes.

  4. United States general surveillance radar stations - Wikipedia

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    Permanent System radar stations, the Air Defense Command manual network of radar stations prior to deployment of SAGE; Pinetree Line, a series of radar stations located across southern Canada at about the 50th parallel north. Lashup Radar Network radar stations, the radar stations deployed 1950-2 when the "Radar Fence" Plan was not approved

  5. Joint Surveillance System - Wikipedia

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    The former J-31 San Pedro JSS ARSR-1 radar site, California USAF Battle Control System operators monitor the skies from the floor of the program's Eastern Air Defense Sector location. 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.

  6. Permanent System radar stations - Wikipedia

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    The Permanent System ("P system") was a 1950s radar network ("P radar net") used for the CONUS "manual air defense system" [1] 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.

  7. Tin City Long Range Radar Site - Wikipedia

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    No longer needed, the 710th AC&W Sq was inactivated on 1 November 1983 and the station re-designated as a Long Range Radar (LRR) Site. This left only contractor personnel to maintain the site radar. In 1990, jurisdiction of the Tin City LRR Site was transferred to Eleventh Air Force with the re-designation of AAC.

  8. Ground Equipment Facility J-33 - Wikipedia

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    Mount Tamalpais Air Force Station was the military installation where the 666th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated on January 1, 1951. [6] [7] [8] The squadron "began operating a pair of AN/CPS-6B radars at this Bay-area site in late 1951".

  9. Category:Radars of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Radars of the United States Air Force" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .