These display panels illustrate the readiness procedures of the 194th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, California Air National Guard, during the Cold War. The Runway Temperature panel provided pilots with critical takeoff data at the unit's home field, while the Alert Flight Scramble Signal board coordinated the launch of color-coded fighter flights kept on standby around the clock to intercept potential enemy aircraft - a defining feature of continental air defense operations in the 1950s and 1960s. Project: 218663