Spotters occupied observation posts twenty-four hours a day.
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GOC spotters monitored aircraft activity from observation posts until the late 1950s, when radar technologies surpassed the accuracy and range of the human eye. Image courtesy Washington Secretary of State Archives, Eastern Washington Branch.
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Eyes to the Skies!
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