ARAN will have our belated Christmas Party January 20th 2026 at 6pm at the Adams County Emergency Management office south of Hastings. Potluck meal will be enjoyed and after the meal we will have a presentation on the 625th Air Defense Radar site that was just east of Hastings.

We will have our September Meeting on the 16th at 7pm.  This will be at the Adams County Emergency Management Office.  Address is:  2965 S. Baltimore
Hastings, NE 68901.

Next week we will NOT have our normal Meeting and Test Session.

This is Tuesday, January 21^st, 2025.

BUT, We will meet at 6pm for our Christmas Party.  Same place.  Adams County EOC.

Address is:  2965 S. Baltimore, Hastings, NE

We will have a potluck meal at 6pm.  Everyone welcome.  Bring a dish of your choice.  If we get all deserts that is what we will eat.

Then at 7pm or when we finish eating, I will be presenting on the Hastings Radar sites.  This will be an introduction to this “topic”, including the 625th squadron Air Defense Radar and the 10th Detachment of the 10 RBS Squadron (Radar Bomb Scoring) site.  Also, a look at AT&T’s Long Lines telephone site at Lyons, NE and some discussion of the SAGE Air Defense system from the 1950’s that the 625th was a part of.

I hope this will be interesting for all.  I will just be scratching the surface of these topics.

I have included a screen snip of the introduction slide of my presentation as an attachment.  Feel free to share with others that might be interested and not a member so they can come if they want.

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