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What does ADS stand for?

Air Defense Sector


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Samples in periodicals archive:
If something flies west of the Mississippi River, the Western Air Defense Sector is watching.
The simulations allow military personnel to react to possible homeland defense incidents using state-of-the-art training devices at Battle Command System-Fixed (BCS-F) stations at the Western Air Defense Sector (WADS), Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) and at the Continental NORAD Region (CONR).
Every Christmas Eve, we begin receiving reports from the Western Air Defense Sector at McChord Air Force Base (in Washington) concerning erratic blips on their radar screen," Oregon Air Guard spokesman Mike Allegre said.
Southeast Air Defense Sector, (ANG), Tyndall AFB, Fla.
The base is headquarters for the 62nd Airlift Wing, the Air Force Reserve 446th Airlift Wing and the Washington Air National Guard Western Air Defense Sector, which monitors the skies over the western United States.
According to the AW&ST report, Norad's North American Aerospace Defense Command's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) in Rome N.
The Western Air Defense Sector at McChord Air Force Base employs Washington Air National Guard members who now work for Uncle Sam.
Scott Wagers McChord at a glance Mission: This base is home to the 62nd Airlift Wing and 446th Airlift Wing (Reserve)--flying the C-17 Globmaster III--and the Air National Guard's Western Air Defense Sector.

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