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Detachment 2, First Air Force
Detachment 2, First Air Force
Det 2, 1 AF is an Air Combat Command geographically separated unit located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The unit is comprised of 33 uniformed members, including aerospace control and warning operators, communications personnel, a TMO representative, a personnel specialist and a medical liaison. Det 2 is the only USAF unit in North Bay. The unit does not function as a stand-alone squadron like the stateside air control squadrons; rather the personnel are integrated into various squadrons and directorates assigned to Canada's 22 Wing. Communication, education, finance, and legal needs are handled at Langley AFB, VA.
Mission Statement
"To advance the shared defense of North America by providing and supporting warriors to the Canadian Air Defense Sector"
22 Wing
Det 2, 1 AF is a tenant unit under Canada's 22 Wing. 22 Wing provides surveillance, identification, control, and warning for the aerospace defense of Canada and North America.
Radar information received via satellite from the North Warning System across the Canadian Arctic, coastal radars on the east and west coasts of Canada, and airborne warning and control system aircraft is collected and analyzed by operators on site. These operators are experts in surveillance and identification of all air traffic approaching North America, which amounts to some 200,000 flights per year.
All aircraft penetrating this radar coverage are detected and identified by the personnel of 21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron, who are always on guard--24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Unidentified aircraft, aircraft in distress, or aircraft suspected of conducting illegal activities may be intercepted by Canadian CF-18 fighters.
Critical information on air sovereignty events is forwarded to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, where it is in turn passed on to the command authorities--the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada--to decide on the appropriate responses.
Training of the personnel who perform the air sovereignty mission is done by 51 AC&W (Operational Training) Squadron, an integral unit of 22 Wing.
Due to this binational nature of the NORAD agreement, Det 2, 1 AF provides US personnel to support the mission of the Canadian Air Defense Sector (CADS).
NORAD Mission
NORAD continuously provides worldwide detection, validation and warning of a ballistic missile attack on North America and maintains continental detection, validation, warning and aerospace control of air-breathing threats to North America, to include peacetime alert levels and appropriate aerospace defense measures to respond to hostile actions against North America.
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1st Air Force/AFNORTH Public Affairs
1210 Beacon Beach Rd, Suite 221
Tyndall AFB, FL 32403-5549
(850) 283-8080
DSN 523-8080
Email: afnorthpa@tyndall.af.mil
Public Affairs does not act as an operator service or base locator. They do not have the capability to redirect incoming calls to other offices. Please contact the base operator for these services:
Tyndall Air Force Base: (850) 283-1110
DoD-wide: (703) 545-6700
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