June 25, 2012

MAFFS aircraft support Colorado wildland fire fighting efforts

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Two Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped aircraft from the 153rd Airlift Wing of the Wyoming Air National Guard arrived at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., today to support wildland fire fighting efforts in the state of Colorado. The C-130s will join two more MAFFS-equipped aircraft from the 302nd Airlift

June 24, 2012

MAFFS aircraft join aerial firefighting efforts in the Rocky Mountains and southwest region

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The U.S. Forest Service has requested and U.S. Northern Command has approved the deployment and employment of four Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) C-130 aircraft to assist in wildfire suppression in Colorado and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions. Two MAFFS aircraft will be coming

June 14, 2012

NORAD, USNORTHCOM celebrate Army 237th birthday

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command held a special 237th Army Birthday Celebration at the Peterson Club here today.Army personnel, sister services, multi-national partners and family members came together to celebrate this occasion, which began with a two-mile run and ended with a

June 11, 2012

Wildfires: Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming National Guards battling wildfires

ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard units are currently battling wildfires in parts of Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming, deploying approximately 180 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen on State Active Duty to assist local civilian first responders.In Colorado, Army National Guard members were assisting firefighting efforts at the High Park fire in Larimer

May 23, 2012

NORAD, USNORTHCOM holds religious affairs conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The NORAD and U.S. Northern Command Chaplain’s Office began their week-long Annual Religious Affairs Conference at the Radisson Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 21.The conference is designed to bring together faith-based organizations and leaders and improve coordination and collaboration with emergency

May 15, 2012

Law Enforcement and Public Safety Agencies Announce Security Restrictions and Transportation Plan for the 2012 NATO Summit

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The U.S. Secret Service has released the security restrictions and transportation plan for the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago May 20-21. Security and transportation plans for the summit have been developed by a partnership of local, state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies. This plan provides the

May 10, 2012

Military volunteers help make Warrior Games a success

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The focus of the Warrior Games has always been the wounded warriors who are competing, but they’re not the only warriors participating in the popular event.Military volunteers from throughout the area flocked to the games April 29 – May 5 to support their wounded brethren, so many, in fact, that there weren’t enough

May 9, 2012

ARDENT SENTRY 2012: An Exercise in Working Together

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command completed ARDENT SENTRY 2012, a major yearly exercise focused on Defense Support of Civil Authorities from May 2 – 9, 2012.The exercise included the simulation of a wide variety of scenarios in locations spanning the whole continent.Up north, Joint

May 1, 2012

USNORTHCOM prepares for 2012 wildfire season

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - U.S. Northern Command is preparing for what could be a busy wildfire season.USNORTHCOM provides resources in support of the National Interagency Fire Center to respond to wildfires in the continental U.S., U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Alaska upon request as a surge capability.Military authority for the MAFFS

May 1, 2012

NORAD, USNORTHCOM Joint Cyber Center stands up

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Joint Cyber Center officially went to work after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta formally approved the formation of JCCs today among the geographic combatant commands.The JCC is a new division under the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Operations Division

April 26, 2012

North America’s mountain fortress hosts film crew

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Located within the center of a solid granite mountain in an excavated area larger than four football fields and almost seven stories high, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station hosts one of the most secure military facilities on the continent. Yet, it showed itself capable of typical warm Colorado hospitality

April 24, 2012

NORAD and USNORTHCOM Conduct ARDENT SENTRY 2012

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command will conduct a major exercise, ARDENT SENTRY 2012, focused on Defense Support of Civil Authorities, May 2 – 9, 2012. The exercise will be primarily a Command Post Exercise, but there will be field training events within the exercise. Those

April 16, 2012

USNORTHCOM Supports Health and Human Services

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The Department of Defense, at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is providing a temporary housing facility at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, for approximately 100 unaccompanied children who were stopped by U.S. Border Patrol and are now being cared for by HHS’ Administration

April 12, 2012

NORAD and USNORTHCOM Acknowledge Missile Launch

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command officials acknowledged today that U.S. systems detected and tracked a launch of the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile at 6:39 p.m. EDT. The missile was tracked on a southerly launch over the Yellow Sea. Initial indications are that the first stage

March 28, 2012

JTF-North deploys Soldiers to support Border Patrol in N.M., Ariz.

ARIZONA — Active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Bliss, Texas, deployed in mid-February to southern New Mexico and southern Arizona to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection border security efforts.