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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

An Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules aircraft expels water during a capabilities demonstration April 23, 2012, here as part of annual Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II certification. The U.S. Forest Service-led training, hosted by the 302nd Airlift Wing, certified aerial firefighting C-130 crews to perform the MAFFS mission. The 302nd AW is the only AF Reserve unit with MAFFS capabilities.

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

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

Partisan Pictures’ cameraman Ben McCoy collects film footage in limited lighting within the tunnel leading to the south portal inside Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station while producer Jonathan Grupper and sound specialist Thomas Wilson (left background) look on. Partisan Pictures captured film footage at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station for a documentary project during the second week of April 2012. The project also included rare footage of a multi-threat NORAD and USNORTHCOM exercise in the Alternate Command Center.

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

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

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

April 12, 2012

NORAD and USNORTHCOM Acknowledge Missile Launch

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command

Col. Christopher C. Seymour, Marine Aircraft Group 26 commanding officer and Lt. Col. Patrick R. Hittle, Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., conduct a flyover in an MV-22B Osprey to observe their Marines building and improving roads along the U.S./ Mexico border in Arizona, Mar. 19

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.

March 28, 2012

Inaugural Trilateral Meeting of North American Defence Ministers

OTTAWA - The inaugural Trilateral Meeting of North American Defence Ministers was held March 27 in

Members of NORAD and USNORTHCOM take a look at the latest innovations in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear response equipment at the NORAD and USNORTHCOM CBRN Summit March 13, 2012. The purpose of this year’s summit is to bring together Canadian and U.S. CBRN personnel from local, state, national and military organizations to give the current composition of the CBRN Response Enterprise a hard look and determine if changes need to be made.

March 14, 2012

NORAD, USNORTHCOM hold CBRN Summit

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command