The New York Air National Guard’s 213th Engineering Installation Squadron at Stewart ANGB will lead a project to move research radars at Rome, N.Y., to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. By tapping the 213th EIS, which will lead a team of ANG engineering installation and RED HORSE units from Massachusetts, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, the Air Force expects to save up to $30 million. Dismantling of the four, highly specialized radars is slated to start next month and be completed by late September. The team then must construct three 100-foot towers and install the radar systems at their new location, work expected to be done by September 2011. BRAC 2005 directed move of Sensor Directorate activities at Rome to Wright-Patterson. (National Guard Bureau report; also see Utica Observer-Dispatch report)
NORTHCOM’s Budget Priority: Longer Warning Time
April 14, 2021
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck's top priorities in the upcoming budget are domain awareness in the form of farther-seeing over-the-horizon radars, followed by submarine detection capabilities and joint all-domain command and control, the commander of U.S. Northern Command told members of the House Armed Services Committee on April 14. Before building…