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Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing and Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing gather at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas to prepare for wildfire fighting operations, April 18, 2011. The Airmen maintain and operate the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) housed aboard a C-130 Hercules which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.

April 18, 2011

Firefighting operations continue in Texas

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – As dry conditions, high winds and a lack of rain continue to plague

April 17, 2011

C-130s continue support of firefighting efforts in Mexico

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft continued to support

April 17, 2011

AFNORTH responds to Texas wildfires

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Under the direction of the Joint Forces Air Component Commander

April 16, 2011

Colorado AF Reservists answer call to provide assistance for Mexico fires

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Approximately 30 Air Force Reservists and two Modular Airborne

Panel members take questions during the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Conference at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 5. The conference focused on educating military, state and local officials on the roles the different CBRN organizations would play in planning for, resopnding to and recovering from a radiological attack on a U.S. city.

April 8, 2011

NORAD, USNORTHCOM hold CBRN conference

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command

April 1, 2011

1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry supports Border Patrol in Arizona

FORT BLISS, Texas - Equipped with the latest surveillance technology in the Army's inventory, the

March 31, 2011

USNORTHCOM chief stresses disaster preparedness

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States must do more to prepare for natural disasters on the scale of

March 29, 2011

Flexibility, teamwork key to smooth transition for DoD families from Japan

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - As family members made their way across the Pacific Ocean bound for

Lt. Col. Carrie Acree, Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, holds five-week old Adrian Morant while his mother gets situated at the Denver International Airport aerial port of debarkation March 24. More than 140 military dependents from Japan flew into DIA as part of Operation Pacific Passage, a voluntary departure operation that began after the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11.

March 25, 2011

A coalition of support - Military, civilian groups come together to welcome dependents home from Japan

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Stepping off the plane with her five-week old son, Airman 1st Class

Lt. Col. Carrie Acree, Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, holds five-week old Adrian Morant while his mother gets situated at the Denver International Airport aerial port of debarkation March 24. More than 140 military dependents from Japan flew into DIA as part of Operation Pacific Passage, a voluntary departure operation that began after the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11.

March 25, 2011

Army North teams continue to assist military families returning from Japan

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – In support of Operation Pacific Passage, military and civilian members