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  • WADS welcomes first female commander

    History was made at the Western Air Defense Sector when Col. Ashley E. Nowak became the first women to lead WADS as its new commander Nov. 6, 2024. During the change of command ceremony, Col. Travis Boltjes relinquished command to Nowak. Boltjes will become the Deputy Division Chief, Homeland

  • WADS rolls out new cloud-based command and control system

    The Western Air Defense Sector is the latest air defense sector to receive the next iteration of the cloud-based command and control (C2) system. From Sept. 22-27, WADS operators and the Air Force test and evaluation community worked together conducting both developmental and operational tests of

  • ANG’s Outstanding NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Haley Rankin

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Master Sgt. Haley Rankin, a weapons director for the Western Air Defense Sector’s 225th Air Defense Squadron, Washington Air National Guard, was selected as the Air National Guard’s 2024 Outstanding Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year. She is only the fifth WADS

  • Deputy Commander of NORAD visits WADS

    Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General Blaise Frawley, deputy commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, and RCAF Chief Warrant Officer James McCarron, Canadian Element NORAD Chief Warrant Officer, toured the Western Air Defense Sector on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., during a

  • WADS Supports Exercise Falcon Hawk 24

    The Western Air Defense Sector’s 225th Air Defense Squadron deployed two Battle Management Teams (BMT) to support exercise Falcon Hawk 24 to Louisiana and Mississippi, May 30, 2024.

  • WADS Wraps Up Enduring Partners 2024 Exercise

    Airmen from the Royal Thai Air Force and the Washington Air National Guard’s 225th Air Defense Squadron participated in a subject matter expert exchange during the Enduring Partners 2024 exercise that was simultaneously held at the Western Air Defense Sector, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington and