Relocation & Community Information
Clear Air Station is home for the 13th Space
Warning Squadron (SWS). The squadron is assigned to the 21st Space Wing,
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO. Clear, along with radar units at
Thule AB, Greenland, and Fylingdales Moor UK, comprise the Ballistic Missile
Early Warning System (BMEWS).
The BMEWS mission is twofold: to provide reliable
early warning of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile attack directed toward
the North American continent and to provide timely and accurate satellite
detection and tracking data to the maximum extent possible without interfering
with our missile warning mission. Clear also provides space object
identification data to the United States Space Command's Space Control Center
and Combined Intelligence Center. The missile warning and space surveillance
operations conducted at Clear directly support the missions of the Air Force
Space Command, the United States Space Command, and the North American Aerospace
Defense Command.