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Aug. 22, 2016
Air Refueling: Here Comes the Boom
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Laying down soaring through the sky clouds are visible as far as the eye can see. In the distance appears a speck, which grows larger by the second, finally becoming recognizable as an aircraft.
Aug. 19, 2016
Georgia Community Leaders Visit NORAD, NORTHCOM
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Community leaders from the state of Georgia visited NORAD and USNORTHCOM Headquarters here Aug. 19, 2016.
Aug. 17, 2016
New Commander at Alaskan NORAD Region, Alaskan Command
PETERSON AFB, Colo. — U.S. Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander gives command of Alaskan NORAD Region and Alaskan Command to U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach during a change of command ceremony Aug. 16 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Louisiana Air National Guard provides security, aid and comfort
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Air National Guard mobilized more than 100 Airmen to maintain order and provide assistance at the Celtic Media Centre movie studio facility shelter in Baton Rouge in response to rising floodwaters that forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes, Aug. 14.
Aug. 16, 2016
Gen. Robinson visits Military District of Wash.
PETERSON AFB, Colo. — Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander, NORAD and USNORTHCOM, visited Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Aug. 10, 2016.
Aug. 15, 2016
Red Flag-Alaska Jumps Off to a Good Start for the 36th Airlift Squadron
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The last frontier…home to hundreds of mountains that seem to scar the land, glacial rivers that wind through valleys and where millions of visitors travel each year to take in the sights.
Aug. 12, 2016
Robinson visits Norfolk
Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. — Gen. Lori Robinson, commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, visited multiple units at Norfolk, Va. Aug. 11, 2016.
Aug. 11, 2016
DoD Releases Update of Manual Governing Defense Intelligence Activities
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has released an update of procedures, first published in 1982, that govern the conduct of DoD intelligence activities.
Air Guard units provide critical communications link for Northern Strike exercise
GRAYLING, Mich. - Squadrons of Airmen from Illinois and Utah are providing the communications backbone for Northern Strike 2016. The 264th Combat Communications Squadron from Peoria, Illinois, is providing the communications hardware and infrastructure support for the exercise, operating from three locations at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center and the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in northern Michigan.
Aug. 9, 2016
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs visits NORAD, NORTHCOM
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, Gen. Lori Robinson and the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, pause in front of the 9/11 Memorial in front of the headquarters, prior to the Minister receiving briefings on the commands’ missions during his visit here in Colorado Springs, Colo., August 8, 2016.
Aug. 5, 2016
SBIRS GEO Flight 3 Arrives in Florida, Prepares for October Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla — The U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems program completed a major program milestone on Aug. 2, successfully delivering a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite Flight 3 to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Southern Border Visit
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, travelled the Southern U.S. Border visiting NORTHCOM mission partners and units July 19-21, 2016. She received mission briefs and aerial tours in Texas and Arizona.
U.S., South Korea, Japan Discuss Recent North Korean Missile Launches
WASHINGTON — Representatives of the United States, South Korea and Japan conducted a senior-level videoconference to share information regarding two recent North Korean missile launches.
Inter-American relations program benefit Mexico, U.S. militaries
Lt. Gen. Perry L. Wiggins, commanding general of U.S. Army North and Fifth Army, hosted a U.S. Military and Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional delegation in Kansas City, Kansas, as part of the 70th Fifth Army Inter-American Relations Program July 18 to 22. The visit included a stop at Fort Riley to meet with 1st Infantry Division Soldiers.
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