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    coordinates) The San Francisco Air Defense Sector (SFADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division...
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  • Luke Air Force Base, Arizona San Francisco Air Defense Sector (1959–1963), last headquartered at Beale Air Force Base, California Denver Air Defense Sector...
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    The Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington. As a state...
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    Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated...
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    dual telephone cables overhead. DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector (SFADS), established on 15 February 1959. DC-18 and the SFADS...
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    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...
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    Spokane Air Defense Sector (SPADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 25th Air Division...
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    Air Defense Sector (WaADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division...
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    668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (category Aerospace Defense Command units)
    United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Mather Air Force Base, California...
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    coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Albuquerque Air Defense Sector (AADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was briefly active between...
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    City Air Defense Sector (OCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command's 29th Air Division...
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    Chicago Air Defense Sector (CADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 30th Air Division...
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    The Southwest Air Defense Sector (SWADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the First Air Force, being stationed...
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    456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (category Aerospace Defense Command units)
    United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command San Francisco Air Defense Sector stationed at Oxnard Air Force Base,...
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    Duluth Air Defense Sector (DUADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division...
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    1951 28th Air Division, 6 February 1952 San Francisco Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960 Portland Air Defense Sector, 1 August 1963 26th Air Division, 1...
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    The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay. The Association...
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    coordinates) The Goose Air Defense Sector (GADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division, being...
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    height-finder radars were removed. The station became part of the San Francisco Air Defense Sector with the radars providing radar data to the Beale AFB DC-18...
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    Retrieved 19 October 2020. "Air Station Sacramento". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2020. "Air Station San Francisco: History and Mission"...
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    Air Command bombers." "On 15 February 1959, it added the San Francisco Air Defense Sector to its components, and the geographical area expanded to include...
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    858th Radar Squadron (category Aerospace Defense Command units)
    Assignments 28th Air Division, 8 October 1955 San Francisco Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960 Reno Air Defense Sector, 15 September 1960 26th Air Division, 1...
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    82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    combat. Inactivated after the war, the squadron was activated for the air defense, first in the United States, then on Okinawa. It was inactivated in 1972...
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    Carroll W. McColpin (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Air Force)
    the San Francisco Air Defense Sector at Beale AFB, California, from August 1962 to June 1963, before his assignment as commander, Portland Air Defense Sector...
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    Phoenix Air Defense Sector (PhADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 28th Air Division...
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    San Francisco (CL/CA-38), a New Orleans-class cruiser, was the second ship of three of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco,...
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    coordinates) The Reno Air Defense Sector (ReADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division, being...
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    the US Coast Guard Sector / Station San Francisco base. The IOC houses the VTS, WatchKeeper and the US Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Command Center together...
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    City Air Defense Sector (KCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division...
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    Western Air Defense Force, 1 August 1950 – 6 February 1952 28th Air Division, 18 October 1956 San Francisco Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960 28th Air Division...
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