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Video by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Kriess

Air Defense Sector Provides Air Sovereignty

Western Air Defense Sector

March 9, 2010 | 2:06

The Western Air Defense Sector is a Washington Air National Guard unit that provides air sovereignty over the western portion of the United States. The men and women of the WADS detect, identify, track and can scramble fighters to intercept unknown or threatening airborne objects. The state-of-the-art facility is head...quartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Field, Washington and is the larger of two sectors responsible to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). (Washington National Guard video by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Kriess, Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs).