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| Eastern Air Defense Sector | |
|---|---|
| Aktiv | 1. april 1956 |
| Land | USA |
| Værn | United States Air Force |
| Type | Fælles bilateral enhed |
| Rolle | luftforsvar af det østlige kontinentale USA's luftrum |
| Hovedkvarter | Griffiss Business & Technology Park, Rome New York |
| Hjemmeside | https://www.eads.ang.af.mil/ |
Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) er en enhed i North American Aerospace Defense Command. Det er en fælles, bilateral militær organisation, EADS er sammensat af amerikanske og canadiske militærstyrker, føderale civile. EADS er placeret i Rome, New York.[1][2][3]
EADS er den østlige luftforsvarssektor af NORAD's Continental NORAD Region sammen med den vestlige luftforsvarssektor Western Air Defense Sector (WADS), og er begge sammen ansvarlige for forsvar og overvågning af USA's luftrum.
- ^ "About Us", Eastern Air Defense Sector, Official United States Air Force Website: United States Air Force, hentet 29. januar 2023
- ^ Jones, Priscilla D. (2011), "The First 109 Minutes: 9/11 and the U.S. Air Force" (PDF), United States Department of Defense, s. 8, hentet 2. marts 2023
- ^ Farmer, John (2009), The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11 (engelsk),
In normal day-to-day operations, the SOCC is led by a Mission Crew Commander (MCC). On 9/11 the MCC was Major Kevin Nasypany. The MCC monitors the operations floor, receives reports from numerous watch-standers manning radar consoles, and makes tactical decisions based on these reports.