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  • Ceremony Commemorates 60 years of Excellence

    Northeast Air Defense Sector and Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate teamed-up to commemorate the Air Force's 60th Anniversary here Tuesday, September 18, 2007. The ceremony also included a historic squadron from the former Griffiss Air Force Base. Veterans from the 465th Fighter

  • NEADS, AWACS Link-up for Integration Training

    An E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft from the 552nd Air Control Wing based at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., landed at the Oneida County Airport in Rome, N.Y., for integration training with controllers at the Northeast Air Defense Sector Monday. During the weeklong

  • NEADS controllers assist in fighter response to air space violation

    When a small aircraft strayed into the restricted airspace over Washington on Aug. 1, the citizen-Airmen of the Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) played a role in intercepting the aircraft and escorting it our of the region. The members of NEADS assisted in controlling two F-16 fighters, under