Which sector is the largest with area west of the Mississippi River?

Which sector is the largest with area west of the Mississippi River?

• A. Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS)
• B. National Capital Region (NCR)
• C. Western Air Defense Sector (WADS)
• D. Joint Air Defense Operations Center (JADOC)

Answer: (C)

Air defense is organized into sectors that manage radar coverage, interceptor coordination, and command-and-control for a specific geographic area. The western half of the United States covers a much larger land area than the eastern half, so the Western Air Defense Sector oversees a bigger swath of territory and airspace than the Eastern Air Defense Sector. The National Capital Region is a relatively small area around Washington, DC, and the Joint Air Defense Operations Center is a central coordinating hub rather than a geographic sector. Because of the size of the western region, the Western Air Defense Sector is the largest area west of the Mississippi.

Air defense is organized into sectors that manage radar coverage, interceptor coordination, and command-and-control for a specific geographic area. The western half of the United States covers a much larger land area than the eastern half, so the Western Air Defense Sector oversees a bigger swath of territory and airspace than the Eastern Air Defense Sector. The National Capital Region is a relatively small area around Washington, DC, and the Joint Air Defense Operations Center is a central coordinating hub rather than a geographic sector. Because of the size of the western region, the Western Air Defense Sector is the largest area west of the Mississippi.