NORAD NEWS

April 8, 2010

NORAD exercise flights planned over Eastern and Southern South Carolina

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights today, April 8 in the skies in the vicinity of Eastern and Southern South Carolina near the

April 7, 2010

NORAD fighters respond to Denver-bound aircraft

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two F-16 fighters from Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command, intercepted a Denver-bound aircraft today at

April 6, 2010

NORAD exercise flights planned over West-Central Vermont and Northeastern New York

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights today, April 6 in the skies in the vicinity of the West-Central Vermont and Northeastern New

April 5, 2010

CONR supports successful Space Shuttle launch

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. – The Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and Air Forces Northern provided crucial airspace control and manning support to the

April 2, 2010

NORAD launches F-15s in response to Vermont General Aviation Aircraft

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – At approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT, two F-15 fighters, under the operational control of North American Aerospace Defense Command, launched from Barnes Air National Guard

April 2, 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

April 2, 2010

NORAD exercise flights planned over Ohio

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights Feb. 4 in the skies in the vicinity of the Toledo, Youngstown and Canton areas of Ohio. The

March 31, 2010

NORAD, USNORTHCOM Maritime Stakeholders Conference provides clarity for new mission

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – How to better share information and protect U.S. and Canadian waterways were foremost on the minds of the nearly 250 people attending the North American Aerospace

March 30, 2010

Order from Chaos: 601st AOC supports Haiti relief

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – On Jan. 12 at 4:53 p.m., the most destructive earthquake ever recorded on the small island nation of Haiti occurred and created wide spread devastation to more than

March 25, 2010

Canadian Vice-Admiral Donaldson appointed to Defence Staff

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The Canadian Minister of National Defence, the Honorable Peter MacKay, announced the appointment of Canadian Vice-Admiral A. B. Donaldson, commander of Canada Command,

March 18, 2010

NORAD holds 5th annual weapons and tactics conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command kicked off their fifth annual weapons and tactics conference here March 16 with a call to action from Air Force Gen. Gene

March 18, 2010

Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM testifies before House Armed Services Committee

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command gave a "state of the commands" testimony to the House Armed Services Committee

March 14, 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 three-day exercise, Falcon

March 10, 2010

NORAD exercise flights planned over Northwestern Arizona and Southern California

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights Mar. 11 in the skies in the vicinity of Peach Springs, Kingman, and Bullhead City of

Feb. 23, 2010

CONR participates in Amalgam Arrow 'live-fly' exercise

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.. -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct Exercise Amalgam Arrow

Feb. 18, 2010

NORAD Launches fighters as security measure

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command launched two F-16 fighter aircraft from Ellington Field in Houston today to conduct an air patrol in response to the crash of

Feb. 8, 2010

NORAD exercise planned for Washington, D.C. cancelled due to weather

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR), cancelled Tuesday's one-day exercise,

Feb. 8, 2010

CONR supports successful Space Shuttle launch

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. - The Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region (CONR) and Air Forces Northern provided crucial airspace control and manning support to

Feb. 8, 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) have scheduled a one-day exercise, Falcon

Feb. 5, 2010

NORAD helps secure Olympic Airspace

“It’s the sound of security.” This is how one reporter recently described the somewhat unusual presence of North American Aerospace Defense Command frontline CF-18 fighter jets in the Lower Mainland