June 24, 2011

Airmen continue aerial firefight in Southwest

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel and MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130s continue to assist the U.S. Forest Service in fighting wildfires in New Mexico and Arizona.Since being activated by the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho on June 15, the 302 Air Expeditionary

June 20, 2011

USNORTHCOM continues wildfire suppression support

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Four Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are supporting firefighting efforts in New Mexico.Two C-130s from the California Air National Guard and two C-130s from the North

June 17, 2011

AFNORTH increases wildfire suppression support

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Air Forces Northern will deploy two additional C-130 aircraft and has deployed an emergency planning liaison officer to support wildfire suppression efforts in the southwestern United States.Upon request from the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air

June 17, 2011

USNORTHCOM supports fire fighting efforts in New Mexico

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are supporting firefighting efforts in New Mexico.Two C-130s, from the California Air National Guard are deployed to Kirtland AFB, N.M.,

June 16, 2011

USNORTHCOM Donates Life Jackets to Students in Bahamas

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – U.S Ambassador Nicole Avant and Lieutenant Commander Brian Betz from the United States Coast Guard visited the Agape Christian School in Marsh Harbour and the Hope Town Primary School on Wednesday, June 15 to promote the USCG’s “Youth Safe Boating Campaign.”  The U.S. Embassy officials were joined by representatives from

June 15, 2011

MAFFS units to support southwestern U.S. firefighting efforts

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Two Modular Airborne Firefighting System - equipped C-130 aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard deployed to Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., today to conduct fire containment missions in support of wildfire suppression efforts in the southwestern U.S.The aircraft are being deployed

June 13, 2011

North American Border Conference convenes

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Common ocean approaches, shared air space and land borders, and the defense of the population of North America brought 30 senior enlisted leaders from across the United States and Canada to San Diego June 1-2 for the 2011 North America Border Conference.The annual conference is co-hosted by U.S. Northern Command and

June 8, 2011

First Air Force aviator bids final goodbye to pioneering WASP

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – For most people, attending a funeral is a sad, somber event – a time when an abundance of tears flows and when sorrow more often overshadows happiness. But on a sunny May afternoon in Chino, Calif., family, friends and even fans paid a glad and uplifting tribute to an American hero during a memorial service

May 25, 2011

U.S. Northern Command supports response to severe weather in Midwest

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Northern Command activated the Defense Coordinating Officer and Defense Coordinating Element for FEMA Region VII and extended the DCO and DCE for FEMA Region VI today in support of response efforts to the severe weather in the Midwest. U.S. Army North

May 24, 2011

“Astronauts’ worst day must be our best”

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. - It’s the mantra that drives the mission of the Joint Task Force – Space Transportation System team for each launch and landing of a NASA manned space shuttle.Should NASA require it, the JTF team of professionals directs and coordinates an array of search and rescue personnel, equipment and support to the

May 18, 2011

4 - 5 Air and Missile Defense Battalion supports Border Patrol in Arizona

FORT BLISS, Texas - Detecting and responding to low flying aircraft used by transnational criminal organizations to transport illicit drugs across the U.S. – Mexico border is critical to the accomplishment of the U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson Sector’s homeland security mission.During a recently completed training mission conducted in Southern Arizona

May 16, 2011

USNORTHCOM participates in National Level Exercise 2011

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - U.S. Northern Command kicks off exercise ARDENT SENTRY 2011 today as part of the National Level Exercise 2011 in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Guard Bureau and other federal agencies responding to a simulated earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone.The exercise starting

May 13, 2011

EPLOs supporting Mississippi River flood response effort

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Over the past few weeks, flooding along the Mississippi River has disrupted lives and commerce, and now the next threat is to several parishes in Louisiana. In an effort to help save lives and mitigate great property damage, the Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate has

May 10, 2011

USNORTHCOM disestablishes SJFHQ

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - A short ceremony inside U.S. Northern Command headquarters heralded the end of a seven-year era as one of the command’s premiere organizations was disestablished May 9.The USNORTHCOM Standing Joint Force Headquarters, the organization responsible for deploying the core of an emergency joint task force to

May 6, 2011

C-130s complete support to firefighting efforts in Texas

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The four Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Modular Airborne FireFighting Systems, who were under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command, completed their support to the firefighting efforts in Texas.Four C-130s, two from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing,