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65 years of excellence
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Press Releases
NORAD, USNORTHCOM hosts annual STRDI Homeland Security Symposium
North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command conducted its annual Science & Technology, Research & Development, and Innovation Homeland Defense Symposium in conjunction with its quarterly Industry Days event Nov. 13-17, 2023, at the Booz Allen Hamilton Wolf Creek Conference Center in Colorado Springs.
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NORAD to conduct air defense exercise over Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado
North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a planned live-fly air defense exercise over southwest Nebraska-northwest Kansas and northeastern Colorado.
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NORAD intercepts aircraft violating restricted airspace over Rehoboth Beach, DE
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter, under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, responded to a civilian aircraft over Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Nov. 4, 2023.
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Engage Us
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Together, #WeHaveTheWatch https://t.co/1wS0adnfOk
Together, #WeHaveTheWatch https://t.co/1wS0adnfOk
Thank you General Eyre and CWO McCann for your visit at #NORAD HQ and for taking the time to engage with our #CAF personnel. Your good words were well received, and we appreciated the time you took to answer our questions. @CDS_Canada_CEMD @cafcwo_adjucfac #WeHaveTheWatch https://t.co/ebxqbyuwBd
RT @DeptofDefense: Today we honor those who served. Those who answered our nation's call. Those who defend our families, our neighbors…
RT @DeptofDefense: Today we honor those who served. Those who answered our nation's call. Those who defend our families, our neighbors…
RT @NationalDefence: Let us remember our fallen heroes and tell their stories to a new generation. And let us remember to say thank you. Th…
RT @NationalDefence: Let us remember our fallen heroes and tell their stories to a new generation. And let us remember to say thank you. Th…
RT @CanadianForces: To those we loved and lost, To those who served and never came home, To those who continue to serve, Today on #Remembra…
RT @CanadianForces: To those we loved and lost, To those who served and never came home, To those who continue to serve, Today on #Remembra…
RT @1stAF: A USCG MH-65 helicopter, under the direction of NORAD intercepted a general aviation aircraft that violated the VIP Temporary Fl…
RT @1stAF: A USCG MH-65 helicopter, under the direction of NORAD intercepted a general aviation aircraft that violated the VIP Temporary Fl…
RT @1stAF: A USCG MH-65 helicopter, under the direction of NORAD intercepted a general aviation aircraft that violated the VIP Temporary Fl…
CDR 🇺🇸 Continental NORAD Region (CONR) Lt.-Gen. Nordhaus’ (C) visited Winnipeg today, where he had the chance to speak in person with CDR 🇨🇦 NORAD Region, MGen Huddleston (2nd L) on the common defence of North America. Together, #WeHaveTheWatch. @1stAF @RCAFOperations https://t.co/E6YKB4hWxY
CDR 🇺🇸 Continental NORAD Region (CONR) Lt.-Gen. Nordhaus’ (C) visited Winnipeg today, where he had the chance to speak in person with CDR 🇨🇦 NORAD Region, MGen Huddleston (2nd L) on the common defence of North America. Together, #WeHaveTheWatch. @1stAF @RCAFOperations https://t.co/E6YKB4hWxY
CDR 🇺🇸 Continental NORAD Region (CONR) Lt.-Gen. Nordhaus’ (C) visited Winnipeg today, where he had the chance to speak in person with CDR 🇨🇦 NORAD Region, MGen Huddleston (2nd L) on the common defence of North America. Together, #WeHaveTheWatch. @1stAF @RCAFOperations https://t.co/E6YKB4hWxY
Thank you @CAGlobalAffairs for hosting a conference on the important topic of NORAD modernization, with the opening keynote by our very own BGen James Hawthorne. https://t.co/pqnVqaeyaW
Thank you @CAGlobalAffairs for hosting a conference on the important topic of NORAD modernization, with the opening keynote by our very own BGen James Hawthorne. https://t.co/pqnVqaeyaW
RT @USNorthernCmd: Today, we are pleased and proud to honor a hero among us: IT2 Thomas James, who was presented with the Navy's highest no…
RT @USNorthernCmd: Today, we are pleased and proud to honor a hero among us: IT2 Thomas James, who was presented with the Navy's highest no…
🌎😀📆 - It’s World Emoji Day!🎉When you think of NORAD & USNORTHCOM, which Emoj...
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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NORAD preps new ops, call center for 2023 NORAD Tracks Santa
The 68th installment of NORAD Tracks Santa at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, will take on a visual blend of military background and holiday cheer as the NTS Call Center takes up residence in Hangar 123, a structure that portends to a military operation more becoming of two of NORAD’s missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control.
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Eastern Air Defense Sector rolls out new cloud-based command-and-control system
The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Eastern Air Defense Sector performed the initial operating capability rollout of the Advanced Battle Management System’s Cloud-Based Command and Control system, or CBC2, in front of Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and leaders from NORAD, U.S. Northern Command, Joint Staff, Royal Canadian Air Force and Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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U.S., Canadian forces sharpen abilities in austere Alaskan region
Forces in support of Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, an operation supporting the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Homeland Defense Campaign plan, wrapped up their demonstration of operating in dynamic Arctic including unfavorable weather and the austere environment Sept. 10, 2023.
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