Northeastern Air Defense Sector. New York Air National Guard. NEADS Commander’s Award. Air Force Challenge Coin. Condition: Used, and in nice shape. Has surface marks from not being protected in a collection. This coin is large 2 inches in diameter. The Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) is a United States Air Force. Unit and a component of the New York Air National Guard. It is stationed at the former Griffiss Air Force Base. In Rome, New York. The Eastern Air Defense Sector is one of two Sectors responsible to the North American Aerospace Defense Command. (NORAD) and the Continental NORAD Region. For peacetime air sovereignty, strategic air defense, and airborne counter-drug operations in the continental United States. The other sector is the Western Air Defense Sector. It operates a Sector Operations Control Center (SOCC) at Rome, New York, as part of the Joint Surveillance System. (JSS) which had replaced SAGE in 1983. This system enjoins state-of-the-art air defense. Systems and cutting-edge computer technology to significantly increase surveillance and identification capabilities, and better protect the nation’s airways from intrusion and attack. It relies on digitized radar. Inputs from Air Route Surveillance Radar. (ARSR) sites jointly operated by the Federal Aviation Administration. And the Air Force, and Tethered Aerostat Radar System. It is fully integrated with the E-3A. Airborne early warning and control. (AEW&C) system and the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System. The SOCC employs 27 NORAD contingency suites, and 31 Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) displays. A next-generation air sovereignty system, BCS-F fuses data from airborne, ground and naval elements and civil air traffic sensors into an integrated air picture. This allows commanders to surveil and monitor the airspace above, beyond and within U. And Canadian borders, providing a major component for homeland defense. It also incorporates a newly-developed situational awareness system that gives EADS unprecedented tools and technology to assist state and local responders in dealing with natural disasters. It has the redundant capability to cover the WADS if the call arises. EADS is a New York Air National Guard. Unit which reports directly to First Air Force (Air Forces Northern). The Sector reports to Air Combat Command. (ACC) and to NORAD headquarters, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In its federal role. NORAD is a bi-national United States and Canadian organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America. Other NORAD air defense organizations include the Western Air Defense Sector. The Sector’s primary mission is Guarding America’s Skies. This 24/7 guardian role involves the use of radar and communications systems to monitor air traffic from the Mississippi River. East to the Atlantic Ocean, and from the Canadian border. South to the Gulf of Mexico. The EADS air sovereignty and executes counter-air operations over the eastern United States. Directs the employment of 178 sensors, 8 fighter alert locations, AWACS aircraft, a Battle Control Center (BCC), and joint air defense artillery assets to defend one million square miles, 16 major cities, and adjacent seas. Supports NORAD’s Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment, NORTHCOM Homeland Defense Mission. It works closely with other federal agencies including the Federal Aviation Administration. As part of the New York Air National Guard, EADS reports to the Governor through the New York National Guard. Offices when directed by state authorities. It provides protection of life and property, and preserves peace, order and public safety. State missions, which are funded by the state, include disaster relief in times of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and forest fires; search and rescue; protection of vital public services; and support to civil defense. Designated and organized as 4621st Air Defense Wing, SAGE, 1 April 1956. Redesignated as the New York Air Defense Sector on 1 October 1956. Discontinued and inactivated on 1 April 1966. Redesignated as Northeast Air Defense Sector and activated on 1 July 1987. Redesignated as Northeast Air Defense Sector (ANG) on 1 December 1994. Redesignated as Eastern Air Defense Sector on 15 July 2009. On 1 July 1987, four of the previous ADCOM Air Defense sectors were reactivated, redesignated, assigned and colocated with the four remaining air divisions. The Montgomery Air Defense Sector (MOADS) became the Southeast Air Defense Sector or SEADS; assigned to 23d Air Division. The Los Angeles Air Defense Sector (LAADS) became the Southwest Air Defense Sector or SWADS; assigned to 26th Air Division. The Seattle Air Defense Sector (SEADS) became the Northwest Air Defense Sector or NWADS; assigned to 25th Air Division. The New York Air Defense Sector (NYADS) became the Northeast Air Defense Sector NEADS; assigned to 24th Air Division. 227.100 NEADS 21st Region callsign. Never personally given any of the coins. All coins are guaranteed to be in excellent condition unless otherwise specified above. The free listing tool.