The 147th Reconnaissance Wing, headquartered in Houston on the Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, provides a worldwide deployable dual-role fighter / attack capability while covering the Gulf Coast from Brownsville, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana in the Air Sovereignty Alert mission.
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In 1958, in response to the threat of long-range Soviet bombers, the U . S . and Canada signed a treaty creating the bi-national North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ), responsible for both countries air defense and air sovereignty.
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After the events of 11 September 2001 the squadron took on an Air Sovereignty Alert Detachment role, stationing a number of aircraft at air force bases around the country to fly alert missions as part of Operation Noble Eagle ( ONE ).
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During the exercise, more than 60 air sovereignty mock intercepts took place using Ukrainian Su-27s and MiG-29s, and American and Polish F-16s . The exercise laid the foundation for a SAFE and SECURE EUROCUP Tournament as well as future training opportunities with Ukraine.
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ANR also maintains the readiness to conduct a continuum of aerospace control missions, which include daily air sovereignty in peacetime, contingency and / or deterrence in time of tension, and active air defense against manned and unmanned air-breathing atmospheric vehicles in times of crisis.
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With more than 1, 000 officers and airmen, the 142nd Fighter Wing guards the Pacific Northwest skies from northern California to the Canada US border, on 24-hour Air Sovereignty Alert as part of Air Combat Command the North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ).
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CF-18s have supported North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ) air sovereignty patrols and participated in combat during the Gulf War in 1991, the Kosovo War in the late 1990s, and as part of the Canadian contribution to the international Libyan no-fly zone in 2011.
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With more than 1, 000 officers and airmen, the 142d Fighter Wing guards the Pacific Northwest skies from northern California to the Canada US border, on 24-hour Air Sovereignty Alert as part of Air Combat Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ).
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It coordinates with outside agencies to identify air traffic ( over 200, 000 flights a year ), provides control of special air sovereignty incidents, assist law enforcement agencies with cases of suspected smuggling of illegal drugs via air into North America and supports international defense and peacekeeping commitments.
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Referred to as " Creek Klaxon ", the 119th and other Air Defense units rotated to Ramstein and stood continuous alert for one year, providing air sovereignty in Western Europe for NATO . During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, 107 Happy Hooligans were mobilized and deployed in support of operations at numerous CONUS locations.
