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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Canadian Air Force Master Cpl. Ryan MacDonald, North American Aerospace Defense Command air defense technician, and Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., NORAD commander, cut the NORAD birthday cake at a special celebration at NORAD and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters May 11, 2012. The celebration commemorates the 54th anniversary of the signing of the NORAD Agreement on May 12, 1958. The NORAD Agreement has been renewed several times since then, the latest in May 2006 when the Maritime Warning mission was added to NORAD’s existing missions. The on-going adaptation of NORAD’s mission and capabilities to meet the challenges posed by ever-changing threats testifies to the strength of the NORAD Agreement and the close cooperation between Canada and the United States.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Volunteers, center, meet before assisting during sitting volleyball games during Warrior Games 2012 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 3, 2012.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - National Guard adjutants general arrive at NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters May 1, 2012, to meet with NORAD and USNORTHCOM leadership. The general officers, representing all of the states with the ACA mission, met with NORAD and USNORTHCOM commander, Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, to discuss the ACA mission, the NORAD campaign plan and emerging U.S. defense strategy.
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CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. - Partisan Pictures’ cameraman Ben McCoy collects film footage of a multi-threat NORAD and USNORTHCOM exercise in the Alternate Command Center at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. Immediately behind him are assistant producer Tristan Walker and sound specialist Thomas Wilson (far left). Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-Colonel Joe Barry (center) and U.S. Air Force Colonel Chris Possehl (far right) are in the background. Partisan Pictures captured film footage at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station for a documentary project during the second week of April 2012.
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CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. - Partisan Pictures’ cameraman Ben McCoy collects film footage in limited lighting within the tunnel leading to the south portal inside Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station while producer Jonathan Grupper and sound specialist Thomas Wilson (left background) look on. Partisan Pictures captured film footage at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station for a documentary project during the second week of April 2012. The project also included rare footage of a multi-threat NORAD and USNORTHCOM exercise in the Alternate Command Center.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Master Sgt. Christopher “Aggie” Aguilera, 66th Rescue Squadron aerial gunner, poses for a photo with Maj. Gen. Howard Thompson, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command chief of staff, and Col. Tamra Rank, U.S. Air Force Academy vice superintendent, following the presentation of Aguilera's new sports wheelchair by the Air Force Association and DRS Technologies at the Air Force Academy, April 23. Aguilera was one of two survivors from a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crash in southwest Afghanistan that killed five Airmen June 9, 2010. He has returned to active duty in the Air Force, and is discovering a new normal for his life as he adapts to his injuries. Aguilera is a member of the 2012 Air Force Team for the Warrior Games in rifle and pistol shooting, various track events, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Tinker Air Force Base Canadian Forces Detachment Hockey Team completed its seventh annual fundraising game, raising $2000 for the fight against cancer and winning by one goal against the Oklahoma University Sooners March 30, 2012 at the Blazers Ice Center in Oklahoma City.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Members of NORAD and USNORTHCOM take a look at the latest innovations in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear response equipment at the NORAD and USNORTHCOM CBRN Summit March 13, 2012. The purpose of this year’s summit is to bring together Canadian and U.S. CBRN personnel from local, state, national and military organizations to give the current composition of the CBRN Response Enterprise a hard look and determine if changes need to be made.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, speaks to Representative Joe Heck (R-NV) before speaking to the House Armed Services Committee March 6, 2012.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Defense Facility Washington, D.C. flies by the Washington Monument during a training flight Jan. 31. The unit's mission is to keep small general aviaiton aircraft from entering the area of downtown Washington, D.C. The helicopters and crews come from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., and rotate in and out of the air defense mission on a regular basis. The Coast Guard has performed this mission since it first stood up in 2006.
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ARLINGTON, Va. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Alex Kickham, MH-65 flight mechanic from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., checks the rotors of a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter following a training flight Jan. 31st. Members of CGAS Atlantic City have performed the air defense mission around Washington, D.C., since the mission first began in 2006. While assigned to the air defense mission, the Coast Guardsmen are responsible for keeping small general aviation aircraft away from downtown Washington, D.C.
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ARLINGTON, Va. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Vogt, MH-65 flight mechanic from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., inspects an MH-65 engine following a training flight Jan. 31st. Members of CGAS Atlantic City have performed the air defense mission around Washington, D.C., since the mission first began in 2006. While assigned to the air defense mission, the Coast Guardsmen are responsible for keeping small general aviation aircraft away from downtown Washington, D.C.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Defense Facility Washington, D.C. flies by the Lincoln Memorial during a training flight Jan. 31. The unit's mission is to keep small general aviaiton aircraft from entering the area of downtown Washington, D.C. The helicopters and crews come from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., and rotate in and out of the air defense mission on a regular basis. The Coast Guard has performed this mission since it first stood up in 2006.
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OTTAWA - Canadian Forces Lieutenant-General Walter Semianiw, Canada Command commander (left) and Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, Jr., North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, sign military to military plans in Ottawa, Jan. 25, to enhance defense cooperation between Canada and the United States should the governments require each other's assistance. The documents signed were the Civil Assistance Plan, the Combined Defence Plan and an Information Sharing Memorandum of Understanding. Jacoby signed the CAP and the CDP in his capacity as the commander of USNORTHCOM and the MOU as the commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM. The signings followed the 228th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence in Ottawa.
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CANADIAN FORCES BASE WINNIPEG, Canada - Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, Jr., North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander is greeted by the 17 Wing Honour Guard upon his arrival at Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg for a visit to the Canadian NORAD Region headquarters Jan. 24.
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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Col. Randy Spear (second from left), 601st Air and Space Operations Center commander, points out a simulated "track of interest" on a radar screen during an exercise to Florida Gov. Rick Scott at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 5. Scott came to Tyndall to visit with Florida Air National Guardsmen from the 101st Air and Space Operations Group, which provides the manning for the 601st AOC, and to see firsthand the capabilities and assets Tyndall has to offer.
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SAN DIEGO - A formation of Sailors, assigned to Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, render honors to Commander, NORAD and USNORTHCOM, Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, during a visit to Third Fleet headquarters in San Diego. Jacoby met with Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, Vice Adm. Gerald R. Beaman for a routine visit. U.S. Third Fleet leads naval forces in the eastern Pacific from the west coast of North America to the International Date Line.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - James H. Mulhern, U.S. Army retired, takes calls at the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center on Peterson Air Force Base Christmas Eve. Mulhern was a tank commander in Vietnam with the 1st Infantry Division and served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1983.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Naomi Bishop, 17, and Reilly Rogers, 13, take calls at the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center on Peterson Air Force Base Dec. 24. More than 1,200 volunteers in the 23-hour NORAD Tracks Santa operations center answered nearly 102,000 calls this year from children looking for Santa Claus (up over 20,000 from 2010). Volunteers ranged from Peterson AFB family members volunteering their time to First Lady Michelle Obama, who for the second year, answered NORAD Tracks Santa calls from Hawaii.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Volunteers answer phone calls at the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center on Peterson Air Force Base Dec. 24, 2011. More than 1,200 volunteers in the 23-hour NORAD Tracks Santa operations center answered nearly 102,000 calls this year from children looking for Santa Claus (up over 20,000 from 2010). Volunteers ranged from Peterson AFB family members volunteering their time to First Lady Michelle Obama, who for the second year, answered NORAD Tracks Santa calls from Hawaii. They also answered 7,721 emails, which is also an increase from last year’s count.
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Navy Lt. Cmdr. Teague Laguens, NORAD and USNORTHCOM social media volunteer, checks on Santa's current position before responding to a Facebook post on the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page. The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, had 18.9 million unique visitors access the site from 220 countries and territories across the globe during the month of December, while fans of the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page neared 1 million followers. More than 101,000 people also followed Santa’s progress on Twitter, which is nearly double the number from the previous year.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Capt. Dustin Hart, NORAD and USNORTHCOM NORAD Tracks Santa social media volunteer, looks over Facebook comments on the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page Dec. 24, 2011. Volunteers monitored E-mails, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+ posts and posted Santa's location as the night progressed.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - NORAD Tracks Santa volunteer Nancy Braede answers calls in the NTS Operations Center Dec. 24, 2011. Braede, visiting family from Ohio, volunteered for her second year.More than 1,200 volunteers in the 23-hour NORAD Tracks Santa operations center answered nearly 102,000 calls this year from children looking for Santa Claus (up over 20,000 from 2010). Volunteers ranged from Peterson AFB family members volunteering their time to First Lady Michelle Obama, who for the second year, answered NORAD Tracks Santa calls from Hawaii.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE – Canadian Forces Lt.-Gen. Tom Lawson, North American Aerospace Defense Command deputy commander, gives a media interview via satellite from the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center Dec. 24, 2011. NORAD and U.S. Northern Command leaders conducted more than 20 media interviews from the Operations Center on Christmas Eve.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Air Force Lt. Col. Rich Fletcher answers E-mails from childern asking for the current location of Santa Claus in the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center Dec. 24, 2011. Volunteers answered 7,721 E-mails on Christmas Eve and into Christmas morning, an increase of nearly 700 E-mails from last year’s count.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Canadian Forces Lt.-Gen. Tom Lawson, North American Aerospace Defense Command deputy commander and NORAD Tracks Santa volunteer "Christmas" Karol Vanderploeg, take calls from children at the NTS Operations Center Dec. 24, 2011. Volunteers answered nearly 102,000 calls this year from children looking for Santa Claus, up over 20,000 from 2010.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Volunteers take calls from children at the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center Dec. 24, 2011. More than 1,200 volunteers in the 23-hour NORAD Tracks Santa operations center answered nearly 102,000 calls this year from children looking for Santa Claus (up over 20,000 from 2010). Volunteers ranged from Peterson AFB family members volunteering their time to First Lady Michelle Obama, who for the second year, answered NORAD Tracks Santa calls from Hawaii.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Chiaki Matsui, 16, an exchange student from Tsu, Japan, answers NORAD Tracks Santa calls from English and Japanese speakers at the NTS Operations Center Dec. 24, 2011. More than 1,200 volunteers in the 23-hour NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center answered nearly 102,000 calls from all over the world.
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Volunteers take calls from children at the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center Dec. 24, 2011. More than 1,200 volunteers in the 23-hour NORAD Tracks Santa operations center answered nearly 102,000 calls this year from children looking for Santa Claus (up over 20,000 from 2010). Volunteers ranged from Peterson AFB family members volunteering their time to First Lady Michelle Obama, who for the second year, answered NORAD Tracks Santa calls from Hawaii.
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