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

gave rise to a question of Bangor and Boston CONAD Region assignments and boundaries. Whent~ NORAD boundary changes went into effect on 15 'September 1962 they would leave the northern part of Maine and the northern tip of New Hampshire within NNR's area of responsibility. They would also ~eave the southern tip of Nova Scotia in tpe Boston NORAD Sector's area of responsibility. Since CONAD boundaries had to end at the U.S.-Canadian border, Boston and Bangor CONAD Sector boundaries were left up in the air. NORAD met the situation by assigning to the Boston and Bangor CONAD Sect~_ all U.S. territory and all adjacent U.~;t.erritor­ial waters and international waters containe~within the Boston and Bangor NORAD Sectors.TRANSFER OF DYE SECTOR TO GOOSE NORAD/CONAD SECTORIn February, the Goose NORAD Sector brought to the attention of CONAD and NNR a problem in connection with the exercise of operational con­trol of DEW East. The latter was under the oper­ational control of the Commander Goose CONAD Sec­tor. However, Goose Sector pointed out that DEW East was,in effect, under the direct operational-. control o~Dye' Main. And since Dye Main was re­sponsible directly to NNR rather than Goose, ·there was no effective way that the Goose CONAD Sector Commander could exercise operational control as required. To solve this, the Goose Commander asked that the Dye Sector be placed under the operational control of the Goose NORAD/CONAD .Sec­tor. NNR agreed with the complaint and ~tith-~~~ority to place the Dye Sector, in its entirety,under the operational control of the Goose NORADSector. In April, NORAD approved NNR's request,but only for that portion of the Dye Sector whichlay within NNR. This provided the Commander, Goose CONAD Sector with a link at Dye Main (USAFofficer) to exercise his DEW East responsibilities.',-­- _., .. . ~'l~.J:" ,',I. ~ . . ~:. I : ~' .,:. • I " ~'. , .- ,..~,{.....'"'.•. ~I• • I .• • ---- - ~