The sector operated a SAGE Air-Defense Control Center (ADCC) (DC-19). A SAGE Direction Center built, and an
AN/FSQ-7 direction computers operated the live air picture. The Combat Control Center or CC and its accompanying An/FSQ - 8 computer were never installed or activated. The SAGE DC was consolidated with the
Grand Forks Air Defense Sector on 1 March 1963, and inactivated on 1 December 1963.
Lineage
Established as Minot Air Defense Sector on 1 April 1959
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