enemy air attack. But they need the help of an active and alert Ground Observer Corps to spot low-flying enemy planes that might sneak under our radar...
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The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over...
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The Ground Observer Corps (GObC) was a civilian organization within the Royal Canadian Air Force formed in October 1950 to help identify intruder aircraft...
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Royal Observer Corps monitoring posts are underground structures all over the United Kingdom, constructed as a result of the Royal Observer Corps' nuclear...
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CFB North Bay (section Ground Observer Corps)
RCAF Ground Observer Corps groups operated in North Bay: 5 Ground Observer Corps Unit and 50 Ground Observer Corps Detachment. 5 Ground Observer Corps Unit...
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Indicator Ground Zero Indicator Fixed Survey Meter United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Four-minute warning Royal Observer Corps Medal Skywatch...
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the phenomenon. Soda Springs is also the location of one of the Ground Observer Corps sites. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has...
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but successfully escapes. Ward's neighbor, Angelo Scioli of the Ground Observer Corps, installs his friends Claude Crumm and Herb Kaziminsky in the Ferris...
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Government of Canada Government-owned corporation Greek Orthodox Church Ground Observer Corps, an American World War II and Cold War Civil Defense organization...
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The Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps (CROC) was the Royal Air Force commander of the Royal Observer Corps. All the holders of the post were RAF...
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role for the Corps in 1957. There was also a hard-fought annual competition with the Luftmeldekorpsett, the Danish Ground Observer Corps. In the US during...
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1950 "ground observer system, the Long Range Air Raid Warning System", was discontinued. In January 1959, the United States Ground Observer Corps was deactivated...
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Warning Service, a former civilian service of the United States Army Ground Observer Corps Affordable Weapon System, a US Navy cruise missile system in a shipping...
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elements. Four Mobile Observer Units (MOUs) were raised at Mauripur airbase in Karachi which were similar to the USA's Ground Observer Corps, these were initially...
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of the Aircraft Warning Service with radars (cf. filter centers, Ground Observer Corps stations, etc.) By usage: RBS Express sites, temporary stations...
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RAF Bentley Priory Aircraft Identity Corps (Canada) Volunteer Air Observers Corps (Australia) Ground Observer Corps (USA) Civil Air Patrol (USA) List of...
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Aircraft Warning Service (category Ground-based air defence observation corps)
Service (AWS) was a civilian service of the United States Army Ground Observer Corps instated during World War II to keep watch for enemy planes entering...
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RAF Bentley Priory Aircraft Identity Corps (Canada) Volunteer Air Observers Corps (Australia) Ground Observer Corps (USA) Civil Air Patrol (USA) List of...
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press conference to announce the mantis's existence and ask the Ground Observer Corps to track its whereabouts. Over the next few days, Ned, Marge, and...
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strategic concerns related to the development and detection (e.g., the Ground Observer Corps) of advanced Soviet aircraft. Official, government-sponsored activities...
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Civil defense in the United States (redirect from Civilian Defense Corps)
chemical weapon attacks, provide first aid, and other duties. A Ground Observer Corps watched for enemy aircraft. These efforts did not replace the kinds...
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Skowhegan was one of many Maine communities that participated in the Ground Observer Corps defense effort in the 1950s. An observation post was located atop...
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United States (CONUS) air defense after the Aircraft Warning Corps and Ground Observer Corps were placed in standby during 1944. CAF conducted planning...
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Brandsby Royal Observer Corps monitoring post is a historic site in Crayke, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The structure was part of a network...
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counterpart units. Women's Radio Corps (dissolved c. 1919) Women Airforce Service Pilots (dissolved 1944) Ground Observer Corps (first program dissolved 1944...
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The Royal Observer Corps Orlit Post is an observation post used by the Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War to recognise enemy aircraft. Many Orlit...
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information centers also integrated visual reports processed by Ground Observer Corps filter centers. The AWC notified air defense command posts of the...
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of the Royal Observer Corps AWDREY Bomb Power Indicator Ground Zero Indicator Fixed Survey Meter Four-minute warning Royal Observer Corps Medal Skywatch...
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Satellite watching (redirect from Amateur satellite observer)
[clarification needed] The program was an analog to the World War II Ground Observer Corps citizen observation program to spot enemy bombers. Moonwatch was...
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staff from brigade or regiment level through to the corps level. Field artillery forward observer 1189 was a World War II Army officer position. Officer...
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