9th Intelligence Squadron/ SAGE DC-18

USA / California / Wheatland /
 military, intelligence agency
9 RW/9 IS
5801 C St., Suite 200
Beale AFB, CA 95903
(530) 634-3173
DSN 368-3173

Callsign: Blameless

www.radomes.org/museum/ --

"Activated on February 15, 1959, this SAGE Direction Center for the San Francisco Air Defense Sector remained active until August 1963."

The site used an AN/FSQ-7 Whirlwind Interceptor computer.

www.radomes.org/museum/equip/fsq-7.html
ed-thelen.org/SageIntro.html

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www.beale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=39... --

"The 9th Intelligence Squadron was activated by Special Order GB-18 dated 1 June 1992 as the 9th Intelligence Support Squadron. It was assigned to the 9th Operations Group (Air Combat Command). It succeeded the 9th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron, which was inactivated after a long and illustrious history (1 May 1949 to 19 Sep 1991).

"The Air Force activated the 9th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron at Beale AFB in June of 1966. The 9th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron programmed the flight track and specialized cameras on the onboard computer system of the SR-71 Blackbird; it processed the film taken from the U-2 and SR-71 when it returned; and then analyzed and interpreted the imagery.

"The 9th Intelligence Squadron has participated in Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, and SOUTHERN WATCH in recent years. The unit developed over 325 miles of film and produced over 3500 imagery products in support of these operations. The search area covered by these missions was greater than 20 million square miles."
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Air_Defense_Sector
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Coordinates:   39°6'35"N   121°23'49"W

Comments

  • I worked in this building from August 1966 until February of 1970 (except for a brief 78 day stint with the first O/L to Kadina if 1968. Anyone else?
  • this building at one time was the blockhouse for the 3 Titan I missile sites and in the years it housed the 9th RTS it also was the location of the CBPO (Chow, Bank, Post Office lol) or Consolidated Base Personnel Offices.
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