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557th Weather Wing. The 557th Weather Wing is a United States Air Force formation and its lead military meteorology center. It reports environmental situational awareness worldwide to the Air Force, the United States Army, joint warfighters, Unified Combatant Commands, the national intelligence community, and the Secretary of Defense.
Tatalina Air Force Station. Texas Tower 2. Texas Tower 3. Texas Tower 4. Thule Air Station. Thule Site N-32. Thule Tracking Station. Tierra Amarilla Air Force Station. Tin City Long Range Radar Site.
The former J-31 San Pedro JSS ARSR-1 radar site, California USAF Battle Control System operators monitor the skies from the floor of the program's Eastern Air Defense Sector location. The Joint Surveillance System (JSS) is a joint United States Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration system for the atmospheric air defense of North America.
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
Tethered Aerostat Radar System in New Mexico. The first aerostats were assigned to the United States Air Force in December 1980 at Cudjoe Key, Florida. During the 1980s, the U.S. Customs Service operated a network of aerostats to help counter illegal drug trafficking. Their first site was built at High Rock, Grand Bahama in 1984.
Squadron Location Nickname Notes: 666th Radar Squadron: Mill Valley AFS: SAGE: 682d Radar Squadron: Almaden AFS: SAGE: 689th Radar Squadron: Mount Hebo AFS: SAGE
9th Operational Weather Squadron. Shaw AFB. The 9 OWS inactivated on 31 May 2008 and merged with the 26th Operational Weather Squadron located on Barksdale AFB, Louisiana . 11th Operational Weather Squadron. Elmendorf AFB. Inactivated on 13 June 2008; operations consolidated with 17th OWS. 15th Operational Weather Squadron.
The Air Route Surveillance Radar is a long-range radar system. It is used by the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration to control airspace within and around the borders of the United States. The ARSR-4 is the FAA's most recent (late 1980s, early 1990s) addition to the "Long Range" series of radars.