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Jan. 19, 2010
NORAD and USNORTHCOM to host media day
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are opening their command center doors to the media on Jan. 22 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Media will tour the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Integrated Command Center and speak with the NORAD Deputy Commander and the USNORTHCOM Deputy Commander to
Jan. 18, 2010
AFNORTH assists with Haitian relief efforts
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Air operations experts at Air Forces Northern here are assisting 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern with humanitarian aid efforts following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti Jan. 12The 601st Air & Space Operations Center here is supporting the 612th Combined Air & Space Operations Center,
Jan. 14, 2010
USNORTHCOM supports response to Haiti Earthquake
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command is supporting U.S. Southern Command’s response and support for Haiti Earthquake relief efforts. USNORTHCOM has extensive experience in disaster response. The Department of Defense has capabilities that save lives as well as many other unique support capabilities such as air lift,
Dec. 23, 2009
President nominates new NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has made the following nomination: Navy Vice Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. for appointment to the rank of admiral and assignment as commander, Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Winnefeld is currently serving as
Dec. 16, 2009
Lt. Gen. Swan takes command of U.S. Army North
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Lt. Gen. Guy Swan III took over as the commanding general of U.S. Army North from Lt. Gen. Thomas Turner during a change of command ceremony Dec. 15 inside the command’s historic headquarters at the Quadrangle.Hundreds of service members and civilians also gathered to bid farewell to Turner, the command’s second commanding
Nov. 16, 2009
DOD Support to manned space operations for STS-129
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 fully operational Sept. 11, 2003, coordinates U.S. military support for the Department of Defense efforts to assist the Space Shuttle astronauts in
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 important missions.NORAD—the bi-national command responsible for air defense of the North American air space—is ensuring airspace safety and security
Nov. 13, 2009
NORAD and USNORTHCOM win prestigious award
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Military and civilian personnel at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command have been awarded, by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award (JMUA) for service from Jan. 1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2008.“I want to congratulate each and every member of the NORAD
Nov. 11, 2009
Inter-agency exercise prepares all for national emergency
BUTLERVILLE, Ind. – With an exercise the magnitude of Vibrant Response comes the need for inter-agency communication, team/unit cohesion and quick reaction time. Vibrant Response, an exercise that simulates a terrorist nuclear attack in the United States, implements those three tenets in order to accomplish the mission at hand – working together
Vibrant Response brings realistic disaster training close to home
EDINBURGH, Ind. – Smoke billowing from buildings, the beating of helicopter blades and constant radio chatter echo over ground zero; the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., on November 9. The scenario is unimaginable to many; a nuclear weapon detonates over a large U.S. city. The catastrophe calls on our nation’s
Oct. 30, 2009
Army North exercises DoD’s newest civil support force
U. S. ARMY NORTH – As the leaves turn and the country heads into winter U. S. Army North personnel are preparing to exercise and train the one of the Department of Defense’s consequence management response forces at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Nov 1 – 13.Exercise Vibrant Response 10.1 will put about four thousand members of Chemical, Biological, Nuclear,
Oct. 27, 2009
US Northern Command announces media availability for Field Training Exercise Vibrant Response 10.1
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U. S. Army North, U. S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command will host more than 4500 military and civilian personnel from around the country to take part in a Field Training Exercise simulating a terrorist attack in the United States. The exercise, Vibrant Response FTX, takes place Nov. 6-12 at
Oct. 2, 2009
NORAD exercise flights planned over Washington D.C.
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights Oct. 3 in the skies over the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C.). The flights will take place in the late morning and early afternoon and people can expect to hear and see NORAD fighter aircraft as they practice their intercept and
Sept. 28, 2009
Soldiers helping Soldiers
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (9/22/09) – “Soldiers helping Soldiers” is the phrase coined by Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the Adjutant General of Colorado, to describe the new reintegration study conducted by U.S. Northern Command and the U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. Soldiers at Colorado National Guard State
Aug. 24, 2009
DOD Support to manned space operations for STS-128
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