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3 unusual facts about FLORIDA Airspace monitoring and management system


FLORIDA Airspace monitoring and management system

There were several operational centers available, wartime operational centers in mountain caverns (these were later refitted to FLORAKO operations centers) and an operations center for peace time at Dübendorf, this is right next to the surveillance squadron building and is now used by the civilian Skyguide as a test center.

The FLORIDA Airspace monitoring and management system was an Airspace monitoring and management system of the Swiss Air Force from the Hughes Aircraft Company Fullerton, California, USA.

A FLORIDA radar antenna, statusboard, 2 consoles and a complete computer center are today in the Flieger-Flab-Museum at Dübendorf.



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