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===SAGE sites=== The SAGE system included a direction center (DC) assigned to air defense sectors as they were defined at the time. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%" |+ SAGE Direction Centers |- !Site !Country !St/Pr !Location !Air Defense Sector !Notes |- |XD-1 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |MA |[[MIT Lincoln Laboratory]] Division 6 Building F in [[Lexington, Massachusetts]] |experimental SAGE subsector |prototype completed in October 1955, except for displays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/40545/MC665_r15_M-3864.pdf?sequence=1 |title=MC 665 |publisher=dome.mit.edu |access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref> |- |DC-01 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |NJ |[[McGuire Air Force Base|McGuire AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|40|01|51|N|074|34|32|W|name=SAGE DC-01 (NY sector)}}</small> |[[New York Air Defense Sector|New York ADS]] |"June 26, 1958,…the [[New York Air Defense Sector|New York sector]] became operational"{{r|Schaffel}}{{rp|207}} |- |DC-02 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |NY |[[Stewart Air Force Base|Stewart AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|41|30|01|N|074|06|22|W|name=SAGE DC-02 (Boston sector)}}</small> |[[Boston Air Defense Sector|Boston ADS]] |operational June 26, 1958 |- |DC-03 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |NY |[[Hancock Field Air National Guard Base|Hancock Field ANG Base]]<br><small>{{Coord|43|07|19|N|076|06|01|W|name=SAGE DC-02 (Syracuse sector)}}</small> |[[Syracuse Air Defense Sector|Syracuse ADS]] |operational December 1, 1958 |- |DC-04 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |VA |[[Fort Lee Air Force Station|Fort Lee AFS]]<br><small>{{Coord|37|15|09|N|077|19|21|W|name=SAGE DC-04 (Washington sector)}}</small> |[[Washington Air Defense Sector|Washington ADS]] | |- |DC-05 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |ME |[[Topsham Air Force Station|Topsham AFS]]<br><small>{{Coord|43|56|42|N|069|57|46|W|name=SAGE DC-05 (Bangor sector)}}</small> |[[Bangor Air Defense Sector|Bangor ADS]] (BaADS) |blockhouse demolished 1985<ref name=ColdWarRelics>{{cite web |year=2009 |title=Topsham AFS |url=http://coldwarrelics.com/topsham_afs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612085104/http://coldwarrelics.com/topsham_afs |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-12 |publisher=Cold War Relics |access-date=2013-02-19 |quote=the SAGE block house was bulldozed in 1985. }} (image of entrance sign with arrow: "Bangor North American Air Defense Sector")</ref> |- |DC-06 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |MI |[[Custer Air Force Station|Custer AFS]]<br><small>{{Coord|42|19|18|N|085|16|00|W|name=SAGE DC-06 (Detroit sector)}}</small> |[[Detroit Air Defense Sector]] | |- |DC-07 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |WI |[[Truax Field Air National Guard Base|Truax Field ANG Base]]<br><small>{{Coord|43|07|36|N|089|20|06|W|name=SAGE DC-07 (Chicago sector)}}</small> |[[Chicago Air Defense Sector|Chicago ADS]] |blockhouse in use as of 2014 as [[Covance]] labs<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.radomes.org/museum/recent/TruaxFieldWI.html |title= Recent Photos of Truax Field, WI (DC-7/CC-2) |website= radomes.org |access-date= 19 October 2014 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111005/http://www.radomes.org/museum/recent/TruaxFieldWI.html |archive-date= 24 September 2015 }}</ref> |- |DC-08 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |MO |[[Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base|Richards-Gebaur AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|38|50|47|N|094|32|50|W|name=SAGE DC-08 (KC sector)}}</small> |[[Kansas City Air Defense Sector|Kansas City ADS]] |blockhouse used by BTM Manufacturing |- |DC-09 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |AL |[[Gunter Air Force Base|Gunter AFB]] [[Gunter Annex]]<br><small>{{Coord|32|24|13|N|086|14|28|W|name=SAGE DC-09 (Montgomery sector)}}</small> |[[Southeast Air Defense Sector|Southeast ADS]] [[Montgomery Air Defense Sector|Montgomery ADS]] |blockhouse in use as Data Center Montgomery of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Department of Defense. |- |DC-10 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |MN |[[Duluth Air National Guard Base|Duluth ANG Base]]<br><small>{{Coord|46|50|10|N|092|12|26|W|name=Sage DCC-10 (Duluth sector)}}</small> |[[Duluth Air Defense Sector|Duluth ADS]] |blockhouse repurposed for use as office and laboratory space in 1984 by the [[Natural Resources Research Institute]] at the [[University of Minnesota Duluth]]<ref name=Slater2014>{{cite news |author=Brady Slater |title=Talk to shed light on Duluth's history as a Cold War defense hub |url=http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/talk-shed-light-duluths-history-cold-war-defense-hub |newspaper=Duluth News-Tribune |date=12 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416065438/http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/talk-shed-light-duluths-history-cold-war-defense-hub |archive-date=16 April 2016 }}</ref> |- |DC-11 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |ND |[[Grand Forks Air Force Base|Grand Forks AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|47|56|47|N|097|22|55|W|name=SAGE DC-11 (Grand Forks sector)}}</small> |[[Grand Forks Air Defense Sector|Grand Forks ADS]] |blockhouse demolished |- |DC-12 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |WA |[[McChord Air Force Base|McChord AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|47|07|18|N|122|30|14|W|name=SAGE DC-12 (Seattle sector)}}</small> |[[Seattle Air Defense Sector|Seattle]]<br>(now part of [[Western Air Defense Sector|Western ADS]] or WADS) | |- |DC-13 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |OR |[[Camp Adair|Adair AFS]]<br><small>{{Coord|44|40|15|N|123|12|58|W|name=SAGE DC-13 (Portland sector)}}</small> |[[Portland Air Defense Sector|Portland ADS]] | |- |DC-14 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |MI |[[K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base|K.I. Sawyer AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|46|20|47|N|087|23|00|W|name=SAGE DC-14 (Sault Ste Marie sector)}}</small> |[[Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector|Sault Sainte Marie ADS]] | |- |DC-15 ? |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA | WA | [[Larson Air Force Base|Larson AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|47|10|53|N|119|19|16|W|name=SAGE DC-15 (Spokane sector)}}</small> | [[Spokane Air Defense Sector|Spokane]] | |- |DC-15 ? |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |ME |[[Bangor Air National Guard Base|Bangor AFB]] |[[Bangor Air Defense Sector|Bangor ADS]] | |- |DC-16 ?<br>DC-17 ? |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA | CA | [[Norton Air Force Base|Norton AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|34|06|19|N|117|13|05|W|name=SAGE DC-16 (LA sector)}}</small> | [[Los Angeles Air Defense Sector|Los Angeles ADS]] |blockhouse demolished 2018<!-- Norton AFB wikiarticle--> |- |DC-16 ?<br>DC-17 ? |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA | NV | [[Stead Air Force Base|Stead AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|39|39|04|N|119|53|00|W|name=SAGE DC-17 (Reno sector)}}</small> | [[Reno Air Defense Sector|Reno ADS]] | |- |DC-18 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |CA |[[Beale Air Force Base|Beale AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|39|06|35|N|121|23|49|W|name=SAGE DC-18 (San Francisco sector)}}</small> |[[San Francisco Air Defense Sector|San Francisco ADS]] | |- |DC-19 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |ND |[[Minot Air Force Base|Minot AFB]] |[[Minot Air Defense Sector|Minot ADS]] |site not completed; Minot's blockhouse never had a Q-7<ref>{{cite web |title=title tbd |url=http://www.radomes.org/cgi-bin/museum/acwinfo2x.cgi?site=%22Minot+AFS,+ND%22&key=MinotAFSND&pic=MinotAFSND&doc=MinotAFSND&www=MinotAFSND |access-date=2013-04-01}} (GATR R-19 "was located at Minot AFB" DC-19.)</ref> |- |DC-20 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |MT |[[Malmstrom Air Force Base|Malmstrom AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|47|30|59|N|111|10|55|W|name=SAGE DC-20 (Great Falls sector)}}</small> |[[Great Falls Air Defense Sector|Great Falls ADS]] | |- |DC-21 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA |AZ |[[Luke Air Force Base|Luke AFB]]<br><small>{{Coord|33|32|34|N|112|21|27|W|name=SAGE DC-21 (Phoenix sector)}}</small> |[[Phoenix Air Defense Sector|Phoenix ADS]] |programming center for all other SAGE sites<ref>{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Michael F. |title=AN/FSQ7 SAGE Computer: Luke AFB |url=http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip/fsq-7.html |format= personal notes |publisher=Radomes.org |access-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219033549/https://www.radomes.org/museum/equip/fsq-7.html |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |quote=''Luke center was unique in the fact that it was the programming center for all other sage sites. This only meant that our computers…had more core memory, 32K total''}}</ref> |- | DC-22 |[[File:Flag of USA.svg|20px]]USA | IA | [[Sioux City Air Force Station|Sioux City AFS]]<br><small>{{Coord|42|23|51|N|096|22|25|W|name=SAGE DC-22 (Sioux City sector)}}</small> |[[Sioux City Air Defense Sector|Sioux City ADS]] |operational December 1961, completing the SAGE system;<ref>{{cite web |last=McMullen |first=Richard F. |title=ADC Historical Study No. 35: Command and Control Planning 1958-1965|url=https://www.northcom.mil/Portals/28/Paper%20No%2035%20Command%20and%20Control%20Planning,%201958-1965%20Full%20Release.pdf?ver=2017-03-16-115751-207 |access-date=April 24, 2020 |quote=''[T]he SAGE system was completed in December 1961 when the Sioux City Direction Center became operational.''}}</ref> used AN/FSQ-8 that was retrofitted to have the LRI, GFI, and other components/software specific to the Q-7.{{r|NORAD1958B}} |- | DC-23* | | | | | |- | DC-24* | | | | | |- | DC-25* | | | | | |- | DC-26* | | | | | |- | DC-27* | | | | | |- | DC-28* | | | | | |- | DC-29* | | | | | |- | DC-30* | | | | | |- | DC-31 | [[File:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]]Canada | ON | [[CFB North Bay]]<br><small>{{Coord|46|20|15|N|079|24|42|W|name=SAGE DC-31}}</small> | [[Goose Air Defense Sector|Goose ADS]] | operational October 1, 1963 |- | DC-32* | | | | | planned, never completed<!--Schaffel 207--> |- |} <nowiki>*</nowiki><small>Some of the originally planned 32 DCs were never completed and DCs were planned at installations for additional sectors: [[Calypso Air Force Station|Calypso]]/[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] NC, [[England Air Force Base|England]]/[[Shreveport]] LA, [[Fort Knox]] KY, [[Kirtland Air Force Base|Kirtland]]/[[Albuquerque]] NM, [[Robins Air Force Base|Robins]]/[[Miami Air Defense Sector|Miami]], [[Scott Air Force Base|Scott]]/[[St. Louis]], [[Webb Air Force Base|Webb]]/[[San Antonio]] TX.</small>
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