air defense warning
1air defense warning conditions — attack by hostile aircraft and/or missiles is improbable. May be called either before or after air defense warning yellow or red. The initial declaration of air defense emergency will automatically establish a condition of air defense warning… …
2air defense warning “white” — An air defense warning condition indicating that attack by hostile aircraft and/or missiles is improbable. It may be announced or indicated either before or after an air defense warning yellow or red …
3air defense warning “yellow” — An air defense warning condition indicating that attack by hostile aircraft and/or missiles is probable. This means that hostile aircraft and/or missiles are en route toward an air defense sector, or unknown aircraft and/or missiles suspected to… …
4air defense warning “red” — An air defense warning condition indicating that attack by hostile aircraft and/or missiles is imminent or is in progress. This means that hostile aircraft and/or missiles are either within or in the immediate vicinity of an air defense sector… …
5air defense warning condition — The degree of air raid probability indicated by a color code: “red” means imminent or in progress; “yellow,” probable; and “white,” improbable …
6Air Defense Identification Zone (Washington DC) — An Air Defense Identification Zone has existed since 2003 around the Baltimore Washington Metropolitan Area to restrict air traffic near the White House and other locations in the District of Columbia.The ADIZ was established after the September… …
7air defense control center — The principal information, communications, and operations center from which all aircraft, antiaircraft operations, air defense artillery, guided missiles, and air warning functions of a specific area of air defense responsibility are supervised… …
8air defense operations team — A team of United States Air Force ground environment personnel assigned to certain allied air defense control and warning units/elements …
9air defense early warning — See early warning …
10air defense long-range radar — A military radar sensor system composed of a transmitter, an antenna, and associated communications that can detect and track targets at all azimuths, ranges, and elevations. It is used for tactical warning and attack assessment and command and… …
