219th Electronics Engineering and Radar Installation Squadron

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219th EIS
Active1960 – present
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Branch US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg   Air National Guard
RoleElectronics Engineering and Radar Installation
Size125 [1]
Part of Air National Guard/Air Force Space Command
Garrison/HQ Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Motto(s)Carpe Per Diem

The United States Air Force's 219th Electronics Engineering and Radar Installation Squadron (219th EIS) is a communications infrastructure engineering Air National Guard squadron located at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The mission of the 219th EIS is to support the warfighter by engineering, installing and maintaining global C4 systems. It adds value to the country by responding to national, state and local emergencies. [1] The 219th Radar Section has been crucial during DoD projects involving the Air Force's Over the Horizon Backskatter Radar and Air Force Research Labs projects in New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts.

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References

  1. 1 2 https://www.my.af.mil/gcss-af/USAF/ep/globalTab.do?channelPageId=-1955009 AF Portal - 219 EIS]. Accessed 2009-04-26. Archived 2009-04-29.