Located at the “Top of the World,” the 12th Space Warning Squadron’s location offers a unique and strategic vantage point in the execution of its missile warning, missile defense and space surveillance missions in support of U. S. Strategic Command.
The 12th SWS, one of the 21st Space Wing’s geographically separated units, operates the Upgraded Early Warning Radar 24/7. The radar is maintained by U.S. and Canadian Airmen, and is assisted by a U.S., Danish and Greenlandic contractor force. While the unit is small, the strategic importance and criticality of its mission is not.
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