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===PostβCold War=== In 1989, NORAD operations expanded to cover counter-drug operations, for example, tracking of small aircraft entering and operating within the United States and Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nuke.fas.org/guide/usa/c3i/cmc.htm|title=Cheyenne Mountain Complex - United States Nuclear Forces|website=nuke.fas.org}}</ref> DEW line sites were replaced between 1986 and 1995 by the North Warning System. The Cheyenne Mountain site was upgraded, but none of the proposed [[OTH-B]] radars are currently in operation. After the [[September 11 attacks]], the NORAD Air Warning Center's mission included the interior airspace of North America.<ref name="Cheyenne Mountain Division - Air Warning Center (AWC) by NORAD Public Affairs">{{cite web|url=http://www.norad.mil/about/CMOC_2.html |title=Cheyenne Mountain Complex |at=AWC [Air Warning Center]|publisher=NORAD Public Affairs |access-date=9 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005065851/http://www.norad.mil/about/cmoc_2.html|archive-date=2012-10-05}}</ref> The Cheyenne Mountain Realignment<ref name=GAO>{{cite report |last=D'Agostino |first=Davi M |date=21 May 2007 |title=Defense Infrastructure: Full Costs and Security Implications of Cheyenne Mountain Realignment Have Not Been Determined [GAOβ07-803R] |url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/100/94893.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.gao.gov/assets/100/94893.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Government Accountability Office|United States General Accounting Office]] |access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref> was announced in July 2006, to consolidate NORAD's day-to-day operations at [[Peterson Air Force Base]].<ref name="After 4 Decades, a Cold War Symbol Stands Down, 29 July. 2006, by Kirk Johnson">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/29/washington/29norad.html?_r=2&oref=slogin |title=After 4 Decades, a Cold War Symbol Stands Down |author=Kirk Johnson |access-date=31 December 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 July 2006}}</ref> Cheyenne Mountain remains on "warm standby", staffed with support personnel. {|class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |- | colspan="14" style="background:silver; text-align:center;"| '''Former NORAD Regions/Sectors''' |- | | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970β1983 | 1984 | 1985β1986 | 1987 | 1988β1990 | 1991β1992 | 1993β1995 | 1996β2005 | 2006β2009 |- | [[20th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| 1966β1967 | style="text-align:center; border:none"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| 1969β1983 |- | [[21st Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| 1966β1967 | style="text-align:center; border:none"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| 1969β1983 |- | 22nd Air Division | style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"| 1966β1987 |- | [[23rd Air Division (United States)|23rd Air Division]] | style="text-align:center; border:none" colspan="3"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="5"| 1969β1987 |- | [[24th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center; border:none" colspan="3"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="6"| 1969β1990 |- | [[25th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="9"| 1966β1990 |- | [[26th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="9"| 1966β1990 |- | [[27th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1966β1969 |- | [[28th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1966β1969 | style="text-align:center; border:none" colspan="2"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1985β1992 |- | [[29th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1966β1969 |- | [[30th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| 1966β1968 |- | [[31st Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1966β1969 |- | [[32d Air Division|32nd Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1966β1969 |- | [[34th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1966β1969 |- | [[35th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1966β1969 |- | [[36th Air Division]] | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1966β1969 |- | [[Western Air Defense Sector#History|Western Air Defense Sector]] (WADS) | style="text-align:center; border:none" colspan="7"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1987β1995 |- | [[Eastern Air Defense Sector#History|Eastern Air Defense Sector]] (EADS) | style="text-align:center; border:none" colspan="7"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="6"| 1987β2009 |- | [[Southeast Air Defense Sector]] (SEADS) | style="text-align:center; border:none" colspan="7"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="5"| 1987β2005 |- | [[Southwest Air Defense Sector]] (SWADS) | style="text-align:center; border:none" colspan="7"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| 1987β1995 |} {{clear}}
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