Acting SECDEF visits NORAD, USNORTHCOM
U.S. Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan discuss a Homeland Defense exercise at the command’s headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 9, 2019. During his visit, Secretary Shanahan held discussions with Command leadership concerning Homeland Defense and the unique bi-national relationship between the U.S. and Canada.
National strategic relationships on the table at recent local Colorado Springs engagement
U.S. Air Force Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, Commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, and Royal Canadian Air Force LGen Christopher Coates, Deputy Commander of NORAD, (seated closest to podium) discuss national strategic relationships with local and state government as well as community leaders during the U.S. and Canada Defense Partnership dinner Jan. 29. The dinner was hosted by the Consul General of Canada, in cooperation with the Governor of Colorado, the Mayor of Colorado Springs, El Pomar Foundation, The Colorado Thirty Group and the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab. (U.S. Air Force photo/MSgt John Gordinier)
NORAD identified Russian aircraft entering Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone
An E-3 Airborne Early Warning and Control System, two F-22 and two CF-18 fighter jets from the North American Aerospace Defense Command positively identified two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers entering the Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone on January 26, 2019.
Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy visits with Canadian NORAD Region leadership during his visit to Winnipeg Jan. 24.
Gen. O'Shaughnessy visits 22 Wing in North Bay, Ont.
22 Wing in North Bay is home to the Canadian Air Defence Sector and a critical component to NORAD that provides aerospace surveillance, control and warning for the defense of Canada and North America.
Canadian space operators certified, awarded space wings in CSpOC
For the first time ever, three Canadian space operators assigned to Vandenberg AFB, Calif., were certified and formally awarded the U.S. Air Force Space Operations Badge in the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) 25 Jan. 2019.