The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) was a system of large computers and associated networking equipment that coordinated data from many radar...
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of speech. While at MIT in the 1950s, Licklider worked on Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE), a Cold War project to create a computer-aided air...
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had been working with the United States Air Force on their Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) project. SAGE used a series of large computers to coordinate...
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The Experimental Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Sector (ESS, Experimental SAGE Subsector until planned Sectors/Subsectors were renamed NORAD...
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by the United States Air Force for ground-controlled interception as part of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment network during the Cold War. The name...
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Montauk Air Force Station (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
high-security facility. During 1958, Montauk AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, feeding data to DC-01 at McGuire AFB, New Jersey...
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The book documents four massively-cooperative projects: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE), a computer- and radar-based air-defense system The...
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The most advanced GCI system deployed to date was the US's Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system. SAGE used massive computers to combine reports...
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Warning (AC&W), or Long Range Surveillance in support of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE). The tower typically has a continuously rotating parabolic...
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Truax Field Air National Guard Base (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
On 1 April 1959, ADC's 30th Air Division, operating the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, replaced the 37th AD. The 30th was a command...
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her replacement. From 1961 to 1963, Hamilton worked on the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Project at the MIT Lincoln Lab, where she was one of...
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(transistorized) AN/FSQ-32 equipment which was to provide the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment for operators at 10 Air Divisions — 5 of the centers were...
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designated 4PI, and the software was written in JOVIAL. A Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) or back-up interceptor control (BUIC) operator would...
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Grand Forks Air Force Base (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
15 July 1974. In addition to the interceptor squadrons, a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Data Center (DC-11) was established at Grand Forks...
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Burroughs SS-416L Control and Warning Support System with the Semi Automatic Ground Environment had been deployed (Back-Up Interceptor Control began at North...
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Ajo Air Force Station (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
microwave to the Control Center. During 1961 Ajo AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, feeding data to DC-21 at Luke AFB, Arizona...
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Cross City Air Force Station (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
Jacksonville, Florida. During 1959, Cross City AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, feeding data to Direction Center DC-09 at Gunter...
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the Fort Lee Air Force Station on post was selected for a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system direction center (DC) site, designated DC-04...
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Sundance Air Force Station (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
Sundance Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-201, NORAD ID: Z-201) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 6.3...
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Several of the centrals were used in the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense network for Cold War ground-controlled interception to give "each...
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Roanoke Rapids Air Force Station (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
Carolina. (Z-115) During 1959, Roanoke Rapids AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, initially feeding data to DC-04 at Fort Lee...
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functions to operation of its units and major commands. The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment and Missile Master systems were used by Army Air Defence Command...
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North American Aerospace Defense Command. The site provided Semi-Automatic Ground Environment data to the 1959-66 Norton AFB Direction Center for the USAF...
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Antigo Air Force Station (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
radar was added in 1959. During 1960 Antigo AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, initially feeding data to DC-14 at K. I. Sawyer...
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Duluth Air National Guard Base (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
1966, the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, operated a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) radar command and control center from the airport....
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"2AK/18L-H" means the site contained two Nike Ajax magazines (A), located above ground (K), with eight launchers (8L) being converted to Nike Hercules (H). Many...
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returned to RAND in 1956 to become head of programming for the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE), the automated NORAD system that controlled US air...
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a private school in Foxboro, Massachusetts, United States Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, NORAD's radar coordination computers SAGE radar stations...
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Luke Air Force Base (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
Fighter Falcons. In 1959, Air Defense Command established a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Data Center (DC-21) at Luke AFB. The SAGE system was...
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K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base (category Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites)
command and control organization's mission was to operate the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Data Center (DC-14), which opened in 1959. The SAGE...
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