NORAD Control Center
| NORAD Control Center | |
|---|---|
| Alternative names |
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| General information | |
| Status | Defunct |
| Type | North American Air Defense Command |
NORAD Control Centers (NCCs) were
"pre-SAGE semiautomatic intercept systems" and radar squadrons at 10 planned Army Missile Master AADCPs[2] (the remaining 5 Missile Master bunkers of the Joint Use Site System (JUSS) were delayed until the Missile Master Plan[4] resolved the BOMARC/NIKE surface-to-air missile dispute.)[5]
Stations
Two NCCs were completed in Alaska ("Fire Island on 1 March 1959 and Murphy Dome on 10 May 1959"), and by the end of 1959 NCCs "with limited identification and control facilities [were at:]
- Offutt AFB."[6]
USAF/Army collocation in Texas, Kansas, and Illinois was underway in 1959.[3]
Several USAF aircraft control and warning squadrons had begun moving to JUSS installations by May 15, 1960 during the
40th Artillery Brigade Air Defense Command Post" was established in September 1961 with a Martin AN/GSG-5 Battery Integration and Radar Display Equipment (BIRDIE) fire distribution center.[7] It maintained this mission until 1974. NCC tracking data was provided to the computer(s) at the "NORAD/ADC Combined Operations Center" which opened in 1963 at the Chidlaw Building in Colorado Springs, Colorado
.
Computerized centrals
| External image | |
|---|---|
 Fort Fisher NCC, Security Post, & radome |
Military installations with hardened NCCs included 9 JUSS stations with partially underground
AUTOVON telecommunications for Back-Up Interceptor Control.[10]
AADCPs at NORAD Control Centers were phased out as Nike Defense Areas were closed. On December 23, 1980, the USAF declared
References
- ^ Missile Master… (field manual), vol. FM44-1, United States Army, February 1963
- ^ a b c NORAD/CONAD Historical Summary July–December 1958 (PDF) (Report). 1958b. Ent Air Force Base: Directorate of Command History: Office of Information Services. 15 April 1959. Retrieved 13 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Preface by Buss, L. H. (Director) (1 November 1959). North American Air Defense Command and Continental Air Defense Command Historical Summary: January–June 1959 (Report). Directorate of Command History: Office of Information Services.
- ^ "The Windsor Daily Star - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved Feb 12, 2023.
- ^ "To Congress Today: Missile Master Plan is Readied" (Google News Archive). Sarasota Herald Tribune. June 12, 1959. Retrieved 2011-09-20. (Windsor Daily Star article: Peek Slated At Missile Master Plan Retrieved 2011-09-28)
- ^ Preface by Buss, L. H. (Director) (1 May 1960). North American Air Defense Command and Continental Air Defense Command Historical Summary: July–December 1959 (PDF) (Report). Directorate of Command History: Office of Information Services.
- ^ "Mill Valley Early Warning Mission". TechBastard.com. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- ISBN 0-912799-60-9. Retrieved 2011-09-26. [captions of p. 198, 208, & 265 photos]
- ^ McMaster, B. N.; et al. (December 1984). Historical Overview of the Nike Missile System (PDF) (Report). Environmental Science and Engineering, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- pdf"created 2/24/2008"). Southern Telephone News. Retrieved 2013-05-02. (article includes image of general surveillance radar on 30 foot tower and height-finder)
- ^ Del Papa, Dr. E. Michael; Warner, Mary P. (October 1987). A Historical Chronology of the Electronic Systems Division 1947-1986 (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ "USAF Air Defense Radar Equipment". Online Radar Museum. Retrieved 2013-02-22.