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April 8, 2009
Air Guard's Northeast Air Defense Sector provide support for NORAD's annual Christmas Eve mission

Members from the Northeast Air Defense Sector, a New York Air National Guard unit, will track Santa Claus to provide him safe passage over the eastern U.S. and Canada this Christmas Eve. With the North American Air Defense Command taking the lead, NEADS will help NORAD during the holidays while they
April 8, 2009
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
April 8, 2009
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

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