(U) 1962 NORAD CONAD History Jan-Jun.pdf - US Northern ...

" ."- ..., ",:;,~ .. -t'-,-~~: I ., . ~~; ";, '; ~.., :t.,. .,.. • t. !,.CHAPTER 1ORGANIZATION REGION ORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION OF THE ALASKAN NORAD/CONAD REGION HEADQUARTERS . ~-The Alaskan NORAD/CONAD Region was~ .ablishedback in 1958 by NORAD general order an~the Commander-in-Chief, Alaskan Command '(a JCSunified commander) designated Commander of~NR.CINCAL delegated authority for operational controlof the Alaskan air defense forces to theCommander, Alaskan Air Command. The latter usedhisstaff to perform the planning and operatingfunctions of ANR. In effect, thus, COMAAC was inthe position of controlling the air defense forcesof -the other component commanders.Because of the peculiar nature of the Alaskanarea,i.e. ~. being under a JCS unified commander, ,­NORAD made no further effort to organize the AlaskanRegion. ' Its region organizational plans, in- ..-­cluding the 1 April 1961 plan which was approvedfor implementation by the JCS, excluded ANR. The1 April plan carried the statement that ANR wasorganized in accordance with the desires of CINCAL.A report of an operational evaluation, madeof ANR in October 1961, pointed out that ....~.'nn~-- ·planning required by ANR had not been accomplishedto a degree comparable with other NORAD regions. .It further pointed out that there was no ANR organization,per se, at the time of the evaluation.The report recommended that CINCAL, as CommanderANR, establish a region staff and that this staff,in conjunction with component staffs, perform the--planning and operating functions for the air...._.­_ ~ _=~" . " ~ ':'[ 1 ]," " ~ .'. " ,, .- - A