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Air defense goes 'agile' in the homeland
By Kimberly D. Burke
| May 1, 2023
On Apr. 25, 2023, the Western Air Defense Sector's 225th Air Defense Squadron tested a unique concept that integrates rapidly deployable communications capabilities to create agility in a theater that is at the top of the National Defense Strategy's goals sheet – the Homeland.
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NORAD Air Defense Exercise Over Central California
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| Aug. 23, 2022
August 23, 2022North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a live-fly air defense exercise
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Aspen Security Forum: Fireside Chat with General Glen D. VanHerck
By NORAD Public Affairs
| July 25, 2022
"My (area of responsibility) goes all the way from the North Pole to Central America, and we have to be able to operate across all of those areas." - Gen. Glen D. VanHerck NORAD and U.S. Northern Command commander General Glen D. VanHerck spoke during the 2022 Aspen Security Forum in a Fireside Chat.
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Hawaii Air National Guard Supports Arctic Exercise
By Master Sgt. Mysti Bicoy,
| July 25, 2022
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Hawaii Air National Guard demonstrated its airlift and
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NORAD to conduct Operation NOBLE DEFENDER
By Continental U.S. NORAD Region Public Affairs
| June 29, 2022
The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s continental U.S. region (CONR) will conduct Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, involving military aircraft from the United States Air Force and United States Navy, as well as a United States Navy ship, June 29, 2022.
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WADS Conducts Exercise Felix Ace At Sunset Beach, Oregon
WADS Conducts Exercise Felix Ace At Sunset Beach, Oregon
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#FighterFriday. The F-106 Delta Dart, one of NORAD’s longest serving fighter aircraft, was developed as an all-weat… https://t.co/supAZ9TLVc
RT @1stAF: During Op #NOBLEDEFENDER on Mar. 24, #NORAD launched F-15s, a KC-135, & an E-3 AWACS aircraft to conduct intercept ops with a B-…
RT @1stAF: Lt. Gen. Pierce relinquished command of the CONR-1AF (AFNORTH & AFSPACE) to Lt. Gen. Nordhaus at a Change of Command ceremony, @…
#DYK NORAD has had 4 northern radar networks, incl. the current North Warning System? The others incl. the Mid-Cana… https://t.co/PKgrhowN5f
BGen James Hawthorne, Deputy Director of NORAD Strategy, Policy & Plans, speaks about NORAD’s aerospace warning and… https://t.co/IxvRAxeZJ8
#FighterFriday. Another workhorse of the NORAD fleet was the F-101 and CF-101 Voodoo, used by both the 🇺🇸&🇨🇦, respe… https://t.co/mdKcCOjfR0
We mentioned SPADATS in our March 29 post. What was it? It was a #USAF-built space surveillance and missile-warning… https://t.co/asefzqxBuE
Now that’s a camera! The Baker-Nunn Camera was the most sensitive and precise satellite-tracking instrument (SPADAT… https://t.co/5jNRlRP2PX
The Women of NORAD. NORAD’s mission of aerospace warning and defense, and maritime warning could not be fulfilled i… https://t.co/Sh5mXwbuHS
Women of NORAD. #DYK that NORAD’s 1st female commander was Gen. Lori J. Robinson (May 2016-May 2018)? Gen. Robinson… https://t.co/1uVPRGhTp5
One of NORAD’s earliest aircraft defending CA & US was the F-86 Sabre, a #USAF first-generation all-weather interce… https://t.co/uOulPMpdGg
NORAD’s first supersonic interceptor fighter aircraft was the F-102 Delta Dagger, defending CA & US through to 1977… https://t.co/ZOFUspsSFd
NORAD conducts routine operations to investigate unknown radar track over south central Texas https://t.co/RPNZpFokXk
The Women of NORAD. Women have been – and are – an integral part of NORAD’s defense team and an integral part of NO… https://t.co/G2E4qfwi6g
49 days to NORAD’s 65th Anniversary. Although NORAD started operating functionally as a binational command on Septe… https://t.co/1Cd5VlvYvR
#HappeningNow Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, and U.S. Northern Command, is testifying at the Senate Armed Services… https://t.co/CabYZWhcgW
#ICYMI You can watch Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, NORAD and @USNorthernCmd, House Armed Services Committee testim… https://t.co/IYQrn8zQPP
Gen. VanHerck, commander of USNORTHCOM and NORAD, testified before the House Armed Services Committee today, March… https://t.co/RyGpLaP1cI
"#USNORTHCOM and #NORAD are distinct commands united by a common purpose: to defend the United States and Canadian… https://t.co/psxK5zi1iM
Given that the Arctic is so vast, being able to train in different areas of the Arctic gives allies an advantage in… https://t.co/6Mc5f3mczZ
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NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, General Terrence O’Shaughnessy, spoke to the sol...
NORAD, USNORTHCOM and the Mexican Air Force coordinate on procedures during AMAL...
The New York City Fire Department in concert with U. S. Army North (Fifth Army) ...
Practice makes perfect! Soldiers with the 287th Engineer Detachment (Fire) from...
Thanks to Fleet Master Chief Russell Smith for stopping by to discuss the Navy's...
A bi-national team from #NORAD will be participating in the 2018 #NijmegenMarche...
There are currently four MAFFS-equipped C-130s supporting the National Interagen...
Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, Commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, met w...
The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) at the National Interagency ...
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