NORAD NEWS

May 13, 2010

NORAD and USNORTHCOM leadership changes hands

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command will welcome Vice Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr. as its new commander during a change of command

May 13, 2010

NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander holds final press conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command held his final press conference on Peterson AFB May 13.Air Force Gen. Gene

May 12, 2010

NORAD and USNORTHCOM support Space Shuttle launch

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

May 12, 2010

NORAD exercise planned for Washington, D.C.

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct a one-day exercise, Falcon

May 11, 2010

NORAD exercise flights planned over Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights today, May 11 in the skies in the vicinity of Bismarck, N.D. to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. as

May 10, 2010

NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander to host outgoing press conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – United States Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, will host a press conference

May 7, 2010

Air defense exercise to be conducted in Savannah area May 16-20

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLa. – The Savannah Air National Guard Base will host more than 200 Soldiers, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen, while a U.S. Navy destroyer will patrol Georgia coastal waters, and

May 7, 2010

As mother battles cancer, son finds comfort with Air Force

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLa. – Ask a young child what he wants to be when he grows up, and you usually get responses like a teacher, a police officer, a fire fighter, a doctor, or even a pilot. But

May 5, 2010

NORAD, U.S. NORTHCOM commander conducts final flight

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, flew the last military flight of his career at the controls

May 5, 2010

NORAD Hockey team wins division at Charity Hockey Tournament

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – It was a good weekend for the North American Aerospace Defence Command’s entry into the Quest For The Crown Charity Hockey Tournament, which took place April 30 – May

May 5, 2010

NORAD exercise planned for South-Central Ontario Region

WINNIPEG, MB ­ The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) will conduct Exercise Amalgam Virgo this week in the south-central Ontario region in support of

May 3, 2010

Can-Am Cup goes down to the wire, Canadians come out ahead in 552nd ACW’s annual match-up

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – To say it's been a good year for Canada in the ice hockey realm would be an understatement equal to the vastness of the Great White North. What happened at the Olympics

April 29, 2010

NORAD hockey players participate in charity hockey tournament

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Canadian and American hockey players who work at the North American Aerospace Defense Command will be participating in a charity hockey tournament in Littleton, CO

April 28, 2010

NORAD Pentagon exhibit commemorated in D.C. today

WASHINGTON, D.C. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, Gen. Gene Renuart, and Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer, cut the ribbon on the Pentagon’s new

April 28, 2010

NORAD statement on Continental Flight 3006

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – A NORAD response was not required for the Continental commuter flight #3006 from Houston en route to Dulles International Airport today. The aircraft landed safely at

April 27, 2010

NORAD statement on Delta Flight 273

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – A NORAD response was not required for this incident as it was determined that the passenger was under the control of the Federal Air Marshal team on board the

April 27, 2010

NORAD corridor exhibit to open at the Pentagon

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The ribbon-cutting of the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Pentagon corridor exhibit will take place April 28 at 12:15 p.m. on the third floor, A-Ring,

April 26, 2010

NORAD, USNORTHCOM recognize community leaders

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Five local civilian community leaders were recognized for their support and advocacy for the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command at the

April 16, 2010

METOC conference looks back on Olympics, forward on climate change

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – More than 40 meteorological and oceanographic officials from NORAD and USNORTHCOM subordinate commands and agency partners are participating in the annual

April 15, 2010

Child becomes pilot for a day

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – With his dad squarely in his sights, a 9-year-old boy pulls the trigger in the cockpit of an F-15 Eagle simulator. “Don’t worry dad, I’m just going to do a practice