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Cold War Ends Yet Radar Interception Continues at Alaskan Bases
At Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska Capt Roger Locher a Vietnam veteran who downed three MIG21s explains the ongoing silent Cold War era game of intercepting Soviet aircraft. He describes quick scramble times 10 minutes to reach the Bering Sea and how pilots from the 43rd Tac Wing at bases including Galena Eielson and King Salmon monitor Soviet incursions using radar signals lights rockets and weaponry while noting no Russian planes have reached the U.S. mainland within his experience.
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Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Roger Locher
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Locher
Galena Air Station
Bering Sea
U.S
United States
Atap
43Rd
43Rd Tac
St. Lawrence Island
Galena
Anchorage
Yukon River
Eielson
Fairbanks
King Salmon