DEW line

[Nikos]

Was the DEW Line a Air Force operated system?  Or was this system operated by the Army as part of the missile defense system?

[Holding Pattern]

Joint AF/Royal Canadian AF:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Alice_Communications_System

http://www.jber.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=5415&page=1

http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/oha/publications/histaircontrol.pdf

[RRLE]

The Air Force ran the Texas Towers that were part of the Atlantic Barrier, which was an extension of the DEW Line. TT-4 collapsed, 28 airman and civilians died, and it is now a dive site.

[Damron]

BarPac and BarLant were Navy missions.  My father flew BarPac EC-121's out of Barber's Point.

[SarDragon]

BarPac and BarLant were Navy missions.  My father flew BarPac EC-121's out of Barber's Point.

I lived in Argentia for two years, and watched out my bedroom window to see the Willy Victors flying out and back.