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Alaska Radar System

PACAF Regional Support Center
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Emblem of the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force

The Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Regional Support Center, formerly the 611th Air Support Group, is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the Eleventh Air Force, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

The Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center is responsible for the program management, operation, and quality assurance of the Alaska Radar System, consisting of 17 long-range and 3 short-range radar sites; the forward operation locations at Galena Airport and King Salmon Airport, and Eareckson Air Station; project management for future radar and communications systems; and, logistics staff for 11th Air Force and the Alaska NORAD Region.

The group consists of two squadrons and two flights and provides surveillance radars, Arctic infrastructure including airfields, communications and USAF airmen for homeland defense, decisive force projection, and aerospace command and control in Alaska. The Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center is part of the Eleventh Air Force.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.


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