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air defense sector

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A geographical subdivision of an air defense region. See also air defense division.


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The simulations allow military personnel to react to possible homeland defense incidents using state-of-the-art training devices at Battle Command System-Fixed (BCS-F) stations at the Western Air Defense Sector (WADS), Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) and at the Continental NORAD Region (CONR).
Every Christmas Eve, we begin receiving reports from the Western Air Defense Sector at McChord Air Force Base (in Washington) concerning erratic blips on their radar screen," Oregon Air Guard spokesman Mike Allegre said.
The commander of the Northeast Air Defense Sector only has four planes available and can't get an executive order to engage the hijacked aircraft because no one can find the president or vice president.
 
 
 
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