At Tyndall Air Force Base, a ‘Complete Loss.’

[MarkOttawa]

USAF NORAD air ops command to stay at Langley VA for a while:

Air Defense Operations Won't Return to Tyndall Until Next Year

The U.S. Air Force continues to execute a significant mission planning and air defense operation from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, while repairs are ongoing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, following Hurricane Michael.

The 601st Air Operations Center, known as "America's AOC," will remain at Langley until at least the new year, officials announced last week.

The Air Force hopes the center, which plans, directs and assesses air and space operations for the North American Aerospace Defense Command and controls air defense for the continental U.S., will be back at Tyndall by Jan. 1 at the latest, a spokesman said.

"We have enough personnel to maintain our aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning missions out of Langley," Air Force Capt. Cameron Hillier, a NORAD spokesman, told Military.com on Friday. "The missions are being executed the same way they would at Tyndall. Airmen relocated to Langley conduct our core leadership, planning and execution functions."
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The operations center works with a number of Air National Guard fighter jet units that stay on alert 24/7, including F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-22 Raptor squadrons. It also includes a handful of air refueling tankers and a Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft (AWACS), officials told Military.com last year.

The center also conducts some missile defense operations.

"If Mr. Putin ever decided to send Russian bombers our way, or launch missiles our way, we also do a missile defense portion," said Col. John Ferry, then-601st Air Operations Center commander, in February.

Hillier said operations have been continuous despite the hurricane evacuation and recovery...
https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2018/11/07/air-defense-operations-wont-return-tyndall-until-next-year.html

Mark
Ottawa

 

[Good2Golf]

True as written, Mark, but one level down (not stated) provides the context, unspoken, but that the article refers to what’s happening at one of NORAD’s subordinate Commands, not NORAD HQ at Peterson AFB in Colorado.  NORAD has three regions: Alaska (ANR), Continental (CONR) and Canada (CANR).  CONR HQ is double-hatted as 1st Air Force/AF NORTH  HQ and is/was based at Tyndal AFB, although temporarily reassigned to Langley AFB.  CONR is further divided into two Sectors, East and West, with CONR-E HQ based in Rome NY and CONR-W HQ at McChord AFB, WA. 

So, as far as NORAD is concerned, one of its subordinate regions has relocated temporarily, but the further subordinate Sectors operate unchanged.

:2c:

Regards
G2G

 

[tomahawk6]

31 F22's are/have moved to Eglin AFB.

https://www.stripes.com/news/air-force/tyndall-air-force-base-planes-moving-after-hurricane-michael-1.557908

 

[tomahawk6]

USAF is used to throwing good money after bad so spending $3b on rebuilding Tyndall should not surprise anyone.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/02/01/air-force-to-spend-3-billion-to-rebuild-tyndall-afb-as-an-installation-of-the-future/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ebb%2004.01.19&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

[Loachman]

If Tyndall was a Canadian base, the closure notice would follow two or three years after the work was completed and the money all spent.

 

[daftandbarmy]

If Tyndall was a Canadian base, the closure notice would follow two or three years after the work was completed and the money all spent.

And the Royal Commission?