Elmendorf JSS ROCC
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Elmendorf JSS ROCC (1983-Active) - A Cold War JSS System Regional Operations Control Center first established in 1983 on Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Borough of Anchorage, Alaska. Now an active NORAD Regional Air Operations Center (RAOC) center. Elmendorf JSS ROCCGround was broken 13 Jun 1980 and the JSS facility was completed in 1982. The FYQ-93 was installed and operational on 14 Jun 1983 (IOC) and fully operational on 15 Sep 1983 as the Elmendorf JSS Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC). The manual NORAD control center had ceased operations on 22 Apr 1983 and control was temporally switched to a manual control center at Murphy Dome Air Force Station.
Elmendorf JSS SOCCOn 1 Oct 1986 the name and acronym for the control center changed from Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC) to Sector Operations Control Center (SOCC). The controlled area was identified as the Alaskan Air Defense Sector (AADS). Elmendorf JSS SAOCThe Elmendorf JSS Sector Operations Control Center remained operational manned by the Alaska Air National Guard, using the FYQ-93 computers, until the BCS-F (FYQ-156) system was installed circa 2006. About this time the name and acronym for the control center changed from Sector Operations Control Center (SOCC) to Regional Air Operations Center (RAOC). Current StatusThe RAOC is currently a component of the Alaska NORAD Region (ANR) and is operated by active Alaska Air National Guard members, Canadian servicemembers, and active duty augmentees. Inputs to the command center include digitized radar data from some 15 remote FPS-117 minimally attended radar sites, 3 remote air-ground radio sites and other sensors. Data is exchanged with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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