Radar tower

These missions were characterized as Aircraft Control & Warning (AC&W), or Long Range Surveillance in support of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE).

[1] The data from these radars is fed into the civilian RADNET system and transferred to all civil and military control centres.

[3] Military radar stations have supported US and allied air defense operations at numerous worldwide locations since World War II.

Long Range Radar (LRR) stations were electronically connected to SAGE Direction Centers (DCs).

[citation needed] This resulted in an integrated air defense system made up of radar, radio, interceptor aircraft, antiaircraft guns and missiles, and command and control (C2) facilities.