Air Defense Command

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:abbreviation ADC
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1980
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1946
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
gptkb:North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command_(NORAD)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1980
gptkbp:emblem Air Defense Command emblem
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Colorado_Springs,_Colorado
gptkb:Ent_Air_Force_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Air Defense Command
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Cold_War
development of SAGE system
gptkbp:mission air defense of North America
gptkbp:nickname ADC
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:F-101_Voodoo
gptkb:F-106_Delta_Dart
gptkb:F-86_Sabre
gptkb:F-102_Delta_Dagger
gptkb:F-89_Scorpion
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:General_Benjamin_W._Chidlaw
gptkb:General_Earle_E._Partridge
gptkb:General_Laurence_S._Kuter
gptkb:General_Robert_J._Dixon
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkb:Operation_Sky_Shield
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:SAGE
gptkb:DEW_Line
gptkb:Mid-Canada_Line
gptkb:Pinetree_Line
gptkb:Texas_Towers
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Nike_Hercules
gptkb:BOMARC
gptkb:Genie_rocket
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Nike_missile_sites
gptkb:Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment_(SAGE)
radar stations
BOMARC missile sites
air defense divisions
air defense sectors
interceptor squadrons
warning and control squadrons
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:partOf United States Air Force major commands
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Continental_Air_Forces
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:continental_United_States
gptkb:Canada_(in_cooperation_with_RCAF)
gptkbp:responsibleFor continental air defense
interceptor aircraft operations
missile defense operations
radar defense network
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Aerospace_Defense_Command
gptkbp:type major command
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hamilton_Field
gptkb:Mitchell_Field
gptkb:Air_Police_Squadron
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5