17-588: The Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS), was a unit of the US Air Force located at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City , Florida . It provided air defense and surveillance of the southeastern region of the US. SEADS closed in winter 2005, giving up surveillance and control of their airspace to the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) and the former Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS). The origins of
34-658: Is used as offices by Air University , Air Education and Training Command at Gunter AFB. On 1 July 1987, the Montgomery Air Defense Sector (MOADS) was reactivated, and co-located with the 23d Air Division . The 23d Air Division was inactivated and all atmospheric defense assets of the Division were transferred to the MOADS, re-designated the Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS). SEADS was responsible for
51-492: The 601st Air and Space Operations Center and currently performs the duties as the Air Operations Center for AFNORTH . Known Air National Guard units with an air defense mission under EADS were: [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Further reading US Air Force Too Many Requests If you report this error to
68-654: The Joint Surveillance System (JSS) which had replaced SAGE in 1983. This system, using the latest advances in computerized airspace control, relied on digitized radar inputs from Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR) sites jointly operated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Air Force, and tethered aerostat radar balloons. More than 2,000 aircraft were detected and identified each day by SEADS technicians and operators. On 1 October 1995,
85-557: The ATCBI-6M (a monopulse system), is installed along with each ARSR-4. However, since the ARSR-4 has 3D capabilities, it can determine altitude independently of its associated beacon (albeit less accurately). ARSR-4 systems are installed along the borders and coastal areas of the contiguous United States, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, the municipality of Yigo on Guam , and a training site at
102-607: The FAA's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City . They are generally unmanned, and are equipped with remote monitoring of both the radar data and the status of the radar's health and environment. It has expanded to additional sites throughout the entire contiguous US (or CONUS). Raytheon introduced ARSR-1 in 1958 operating in the L-band . At that time it had a maximum range of 170 nautical miles; 320 kilometres (200 mi). ARSR-2
119-577: The Georgia–South Carolina border to the Atlantic coastline. In the west, the sector was responsible for most of Eastern Texas south of the 34th parallel north , including the state of Louisiana, eastwards. It operated a Manual Air Direction Center (MDC) at Dobbins AFB , Georgia. The sector's mission was to train and maintain tactical flying units in state of readiness in order to defend the northeast United States while initially continuing to operate
136-614: The MDC. Beginning on 1 July 1958, it began operations of a SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) Direction Center DC-09 32°45′15″N 086°14′29″W / 32.75417°N 86.24139°W / 32.75417; -86.24139 ( MOADS-SAGE DC-09 ) at Gunter AFB, Alabama. 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 of Task Force 32. This period of constant alert
153-520: The Mississippi River, south of the 34th parallel north and east to a designated line west of the 86th meridian west , southeast to the southernmost point of Key Largo Island, Florida. It was consolidated on 1 January 1959 with the Shreveport and Miami Air Defense Sectors, defining a region south of 34th parallel north , bordering on the east along the intersection of the parallel southeast along
170-729: The Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS) are in September 1957 with the formation of its predecessor organization, the Montgomery Air Defense Sector (MoADS) by Air Defense Command (ADC). It was established in September 1957 with a mission to train and maintain tactical flying units in state of readiness in order to defend the Southeastern United States, assuming control of former ADC Central Air Defense Force units. Its original region consisted of ADC atmospheric forces (fighter-interceptor and radar units) located east of
187-648: The Southeast Air Defense Sector was reassigned to the Florida Air National Guard ; SEADS re-designated Southeast Air Defense Sector (ANG). It came under the Continental NORAD Region (CONR) Headquarters at Tyndall AFB , Florida. On 1 November 2005, SEADS ceased air defense operations and its duties were absorbed into the Northeast Air Defense Sector which is now known as the Eastern Air Defense Sector . The SEADS transformed into
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#1732863371098204-609: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 443215069 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 06:56:11 GMT Air Route Surveillance Radar The Air Route Surveillance Radar is a long-range radar system. It is used by the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration to control airspace within and around
221-525: The atmospheric defense of approximately 1,000,000 square miles (2,600,000 km) of airspace and 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of coastline extending from Virginia to Texas . It was the busiest of the air defense sectors comprising the NORAD Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region. It operated a Sector Operations Control Center (SOCC) at Tyndall AFB , part of
238-581: The borders of the United States. The ARSR-4 is the FAA's most recent (late 1980s, early 1990s) addition to the "Long Range" series of radars. It is a solid state Westinghouse system with a 250-nautical-mile (460 km; 290 mi) range. The ARSR-4 features a "look down" capability that enables the radar to detect aircraft attempting to elude detection by flying at low altitudes, advanced clutter reduction via hardware and software post-processing, and enhanced poor-weather object detection. A beacon system,
255-540: The upgrade. All ARSR-1/2s were replaced by Common ARSR by the end of 2015. CARSR has a 200-nautical-mile (370 km; 230 mi) range, and shares transmitter components and software with the FAA's new airport surveillance radar , the ASR-11 . Like the ASR-11, CARSR is completely solid state. Westinghouse built ARSR-3. ARSR-3 and 3D search radar were used by the FAA in the Joint Surveillance System (JSS). The radar operated in
272-502: Was developed in the 1960s, also with a 200-mile range. From a user perspective, the ARSR-1 and ARSR-2 function nearly identically. Components that had proved troublesome in the ARSR-1 were redesigned in order to improve reliability. Existing ARSR-1 systems were retrofitted with the more reliable ARSR-2 components. All ARSR-1/2 systems have been upgraded with modern Common ARSR systems (CARSR). Vacuum tubes were still in use nationwide prior to
289-473: Was the longest alert period for any organization during the Cold War On 1 April 1966, MoADS was inactivated, as were the other 22 sectors in the country. Most of its assets were assumed by the 32d Air Division ; the 33d Air Division assumed assets in eastern North and South Carolina. The DC-09 SAGE Direction Center was assigned to the 32d Air Division, remaining in operation until 31 December 1969. Today it
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