 The 962d was assigned to the 28th Air Division at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, which controlled all Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft.The mission of the 962d was to provide the 11th Air Force commander (who also commanded the Alaska NORAD Region) with a survivable radar platform to extend the surveillance coverage of land-based radars operated by the Alaskan Regional Operational Control Center.The squadron's airborne radars could detect threats at ranges outside the ground-based radar coverage areas to position interceptors to intercept them before they enter U.S. airspace.