Dec. 29, 2006

Day Of National Mourning

The President of the United States has declared Tuesday, 2 January 2007, as a Day of National Mourning due to the passing of Former President Gerald Ford. This will be a day to reflect upon the great

Dec. 14, 2006

Blizzard fails to derail NORAD Tracks Santa operations

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Despite being pounded by the Holiday Blizzard of 2006, North American Aerospace Defense Command remains on alert for the nation and ready to track Santa Claus,

Dec. 13, 2006

Training to counter capabilities

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are currently involved in Exercise Vigilant Shield ’07 (VS 07), a robust, two-week exercise

Dec. 12, 2006

Interagency cooperation emphasized, exercised during VS 07

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command are in the midst of Exercise Vigilant Shield ’07, an exercise designed to test and stretch not only

Dec. 9, 2006

NORAD and USNORTHCOM use VS 07 to stretch personnel, capabilities, interagency cooperation

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are in the midst of Exercise Vigilant Shield ’07 (VS 07), a robust exercise simulating a series of

Dec. 8, 2006

NORAD, USNORTHCOM exercise homeland defense skills in Vigilant Shield ’07

PETERSON AIR FORCE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are exercising their homeland defense skills during Vigilant Shield ‘07, an annual training event that

Dec. 6, 2006

Canadian NORAD Region conducts homeland defence exercise

WINNIPEG, MAN. – The Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) is participating in a large NORAD command post training exercise from December 4 to 14.  Exercise Vigilant Shield will test NORAD responses to various

Dec. 6, 2006

NORAD and U.S. Northern Command support for STS-116

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

Dec. 6, 2006

DoD Support to STS-116 (Discovery)

U.S. Northern Command is the focal point for military emergency support to the Space Shuttle.  Support includes astronaut rescue and recovery and orbiter recovery.  USNORTHCOM, established in 2002 and

Dec. 6, 2006

U.S. Army North gets new CO

Lt. Gen. Thomas R. Turner assumed command of U.S. Army North during a ceremony Monday at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, according to an Army press release.He replaced Lt. Gen. Robert T. Clark, who retired

Nov. 22, 2006

NORAD, USNORTHCOM brings food drive home

Servicemembers from NORAD and U.S. Northern Command teamed up with Peterson Air Force Base and local Colorado Springs schools to collect food donations for the Care and Share Harvest of Love Food

Nov. 16, 2006

North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Santa Web site going live

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – In advance of holiday season and the 51st season of NORAD tracking Santa Claus on his annual journey around the world, the bi-national command tasked with providing

Nov. 9, 2006

Veteran's and Remembrance Day 2006

We pause on this Veterans Day, known as Remembrance Day in Canada, to honor those who have answered the call to defend and secure our people, our homelands, and our way of life. Veterans Day is a

Nov. 6, 2006

NORAD/USNORTHCOM hosts Foreign Joint Services NCO Association

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -Senior non-commissioned officers from 10 nations gathered at the headquarters of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command today as part of a Foreign Joint Services NCO

Oct. 20, 2006

Major General Morrow to command First Air Force

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Maj. Gen. Henry “Hank” Morrow will assume command of First Air Force, Air Forces Northern and the Continental United States NORAD Region during a change of command

Oct. 18, 2006

Canada honors fallen warrior with new air defence complex

Canada's Minister of National Defence, Gordon O’Connor, officially opened the Sergeant David L. Pitcher complex during an Oct. 12 naming and dedication ceremony at 22 Wing North Bay, Ontario. Canada’s

Oct. 12, 2006

NORAD aircraft complete mission, return to home base after NYC crash

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Approximately four hours after NORAD completed its combat air patrol mission in response to an aircraft crash into a building in New York City yesterday, fighter

Sept. 29, 2006

NORAD Intercepts Russian Aircraft

PETERSON AFB, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command launched three pairs of fighters Thursday evening from the command's Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR) and the Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) in

Sept. 22, 2006

NORAD plans training flights

PETERSON Air Force Base, Colo. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command will exercise next week in Alaska and Northern Canada. Two of NORAD’s geographical components, Alaskan and Canadian NORAD

Sept. 22, 2006

NORAD plans training flights

PETERSON Air Force Base, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command, the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Transportation Security Administration hosted the second annual Interagency