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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.
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.
The USAF declared full operational capability of the first seven Joint Surveillance System ROCCs on December 23, 1980, [49] with Hughes AN/FYQ-93 systems, [91] and many of the SAGE radar stations became Joint Surveillance System (JSS) sites (e.g., San Pedro Hill Z-39 became FAA Ground Equipment Facility J-31.)
The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army.This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces.
USS Wadsworth (FFG-9) under construction in San Pedro, c.1979. On 1 October 1977, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Todd Shipyards Corporation. Todd's Seattle and Los Angeles divisions were spun off into Todd Pacific Shipyards. Eighteen Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were built at the San Pedro ...
San Clemente Island Air Force Station was Permanent System radar station LP-39 which began operations in November 1951 with an AN/TPS-1C general surveillance radar. Designated as one of two offshore radar stations at the Southern California coast, the 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated at the station on 1 February 1952 by ...
San Pedro Bay in a 1900 plan for the Los Angeles Harbor, present cities and districts are named Los Angeles Harbor Light built in 1913, on the 2.11-mile San Pedro breakwater was completed in 1911 The first time the US Navy operated out of the Port of San Pedro was during the Mexican–American War , on 6 August 1846 when Commodore Robert F ...
In January 2024, Pakistan announced its intent to acquire 40 J-31 stealth aircraft, thus, potentially becoming the first export customer for the J-31. [113] [114] On 3 August 2024, Pakistan's news source reported that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots are currently undergoing training on the J-31 fighter aircraft in China. The news of pilot ...