Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) was a Unified Combatant Command of the United States Department of Defense, tasked with air defense for the Continental...
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Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated...
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NORAD (redirect from North American Air Defense Command)
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD /ˈnɔːræd/), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization...
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Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible...
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the Air Force would be the center point of this defensive effort.: 4 The Air Force established the Continental Air Command under both the Air Defense Command...
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Air Defense Command may refer to: Air Defence Command (India) Air Defence Command (Canada) Israeli Air Defense Command Air and Coastal Defense Command:...
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Continental Air Command (ConAC) (1948–1968) was a Major Command of the United States Air Force (USAF) responsible primarily for administering the Air...
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Continental Air Defense Integration North (CADIN) was a Cold War program to develop military installations in Canada for the air defense of North America...
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Authority relations with the joint commands" with a "direct channel" to unified commands such as Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) was effected after President...
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DEFCON (redirect from Defense Condition)
October 25, US forces, including Strategic Air Command, Continental Air Defense Command, European Command and the Sixth Fleet, were placed at DEFCON 3...
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by, in 1947, the U.S. Air Force. In 1948, the Continental Air Command assumed control over air defense, tactical air, and air reserve forces. After two...
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defense forces under the unified Continental Air Defense Command and multinational North American Air Defense Command in 1960. In 1975, Continental Air...
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the former Continental Army Command (CONARC), who in turn supplanted Army Field Forces and Army Ground Forces. The mission is: "Forces Command trains and...
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Air Defense Sector (EADS) is a United States Air Force unit of Air Combat Command (ACC), permanently assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense...
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gained by Air Combat Command. The WADS is one of two Sectors responsible to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Continental NORAD...
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postwar Air Defense Command in March 1946 and subsequently to Continental Air Command (ConAC) in December 1948 being primarily concerned with air defense. First...
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Lucius D. Clay Jr. (category United States Air Force generals)
American Air Defense Command, the Continental Air Defense Command, the United States element of NORAD, and was also a commander of the United States Air Force's...
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States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) is one of eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. The command is tasked with...
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The Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) is a component of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) that provides airspace surveillance and...
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The responsibilities of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) would be likewise expanded to include the air defense of Alaska and the Northeast...
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joint-service Continental Air Defense Command placed the US defenses in a geometric "Canadian Northeast Area" under the operational control of the Canadian Air Defence...
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The Air Defense Artillery Branch is the air defense branch of the United States Army, specializing in the use of anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface-to-air...
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Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC) was a Named Unit of the United States Air Force, and operated at the Numbered Air Force echelon of Tactical...
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Continental Air Forces (CAF) was a United States Army Air Forces major command, active 1944–1946. It was tasked with combat training of bomber and fighter...
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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, MoADS was the forward command center for Continental Air Defense Command, remaining on heightened alert for 36 days as part...
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North American Air Defense Command and Continental Air Defense Command Historical Summary: January–June 1959 (Report). Directorate of Command History: Office...
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Operation Sky Shield (category North American Aerospace Defense Command)
1962 by NORAD (North American Air Defense) Command and CONAD (Continental Air Defense) Command to test defenses against an air attack from the Soviet Union...
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when Continental Air Command (ConAC) reorganized Air Defense Command when it became an operating agency. Air defense units within the Continental United...
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senior defense officials within the continental United States. JOSAC is located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC)...
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(secondary coordinates) The Boston Air Defense Sector (BADS) is an inactive United States Air Force Air Defense Command (ADC) organization. Its last assignment...
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