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Archive: December, 2006

Dec. 29, 2006

Day Of National Mourning

The President of the United States has declared Tuesday, 2 January 2007, as a Day of National Mourning due to the passing of Former President Gerald Ford. This will be a day to reflect upon the great

Dec. 14, 2006

Blizzard fails to derail NORAD Tracks Santa operations

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Despite being pounded by the Holiday Blizzard of 2006, North American Aerospace Defense Command remains on alert for the nation and ready to track Santa Claus,

Dec. 13, 2006

Training to counter capabilities

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are currently involved in Exercise Vigilant Shield ’07 (VS 07), a robust, two-week exercise

Dec. 12, 2006

Interagency cooperation emphasized, exercised during VS 07

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command are in the midst of Exercise Vigilant Shield ’07, an exercise designed to test and stretch not only

Dec. 9, 2006

NORAD and USNORTHCOM use VS 07 to stretch personnel, capabilities, interagency cooperation

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are in the midst of Exercise Vigilant Shield ’07 (VS 07), a robust exercise simulating a series of

Dec. 8, 2006

NORAD, USNORTHCOM exercise homeland defense skills in Vigilant Shield ’07

PETERSON AIR FORCE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are exercising their homeland defense skills during Vigilant Shield ‘07, an annual training event that

Dec. 6, 2006

U.S. Army North gets new CO

Lt. Gen. Thomas R. Turner assumed command of U.S. Army North during a ceremony Monday at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, according to an Army press release.He replaced Lt. Gen. Robert T. Clark, who retired

Dec. 6, 2006

Canadian NORAD Region conducts homeland defence exercise

WINNIPEG, MAN. – The Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) is participating in a large NORAD command post training exercise from December 4 to 14.  Exercise Vigilant Shield will test NORAD responses to various

Dec. 6, 2006

NORAD and U.S. Northern Command support for STS-116

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command provide support to NASA and the shuttle program’s mission with distinctly different but

Dec. 6, 2006

DoD Support to STS-116 (Discovery)

U.S. Northern Command is the focal point for military emergency support to the Space Shuttle.  Support includes astronaut rescue and recovery and orbiter recovery.  USNORTHCOM, established in 2002 and