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Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr. commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command gets a first-hand view of a U.S. Forest Service-owned Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II on board a 302nd Airlift Wing C-130 April 20. From left to right; Air Force Reserve MAFFS qualified loadmasters Master Sgts. Mark Skarban, Thomas Freeman and Lamont Wood give Jacoby a brief overview of how the system operates. The U.S. Forest Service and the 302nd AW held their annual air tanker certification training April 20 through 23 at Peterson Air Force Base and Pueblo Air Tanker Base, Colo. The U.S. Forest Service-led training was designed to ensure the Air Force Reserve MAFFS crews are ready for the upcoming 2012 firefighting season and included 12 hours of ground training and 35 C-130 training missions in southern Colorado. Air Force Reserve MAFFS-equipped C-130s can be requested by the National Interagency Fire Center and then activated through the U.S. Northern Command, based on an agreement with the Department of Defense.

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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., NORAD and USNORTHCOM commander, talk during the Inaugural Trilateral Meeting of North American Defense Ministers March 27.

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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, drops 500 gallons of water from a specialized bucket onto the Lower North Fork Fire in the vicinity of Conifer Colo., March 28, 2012. Army National Guard Sgt. Ryan Osadchuk, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief with the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Company A, prepares his helicopter for flight at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., March 28, 2012. The 2-135th GSAB is operating under the governor's executive order to assist the Colorado Division of Emergency Management, the Colorado State Forest Service, and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in fighting the fire, which began March 26 in Jefferson County, Colo. The fire has given rise to the evacuation of more than 900 homes and is estimated to have covered more than 4,000 acres.

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U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeants Clifford Fallico (second from left), Air Forces Northern intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planner, and Robert Carnall, 702nd Computer Support Squadron System Administrator (third from left), stand before Chief Master Sgt. Angela Abshire (right), director of standards at the Noncommissioned Member Professional Development Center, at the graduation ceremony where they both earned the “Comradeship Award” from the Canadian Intermediate Leadership Program, Canadian Forces College, Noncommissioned Member Professional Development Center, St. Jean Sur Richlieu in Quebec, Canada. Only four of 120 students received the peer-voted award.

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Lt. Col. Merryl Tengesdal, currently stationed at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, was the first African American woman to fly the U-2 reconnaissance plane.

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Brig. Gen. Christopher Coates (left), Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region deputy commander, is greeted by John Salvador (second from right), Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters assistant executive director, at CAP’s National Headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Jan. 26. Coates presented CAP with five Geospatial Information Interoperability Exploitation Portable go kits courtesy of Air Forces Northern to enhance their mission capability and to show gratitude for their support.

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Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, escorts members of the Canadian Embassy and consulates to NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters at the beginning of a visit to the commands Feb. 15. The purpose of the visit was to educate the members of the Canadian Consulate Heads of Mission about the missions of NORAD as well as those assumed by USNORTHCOM after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in connection with homeland defense. More than 20 Embassy and consulate staff members received briefings on the NORAD and USNORTHCOM missions and tours of the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Center and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.

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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shakes hands with Army Lt. Gen. Frank Grass, U.S. Northern Command deputy commander, and Canadian Lt.-Gen. Marcel Duval, North American Aerospace Defense Command deputy commander, at the beginning of a visit to NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Feb. 10. Hickenlooper received a briefing outlining the missions of the commands and a tour of the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Center.

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Maj. Gen. Karl R. Horst, Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region commanding general, provides details of his command's mission and capabilities within the national capital region to National Guard leaders as part of the Contingency Dual Status Commanders' Conference Feb.

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A view from ground firefighting crews as MAFFS 6 drops fire retardant to aid in the control of the Donaldson fire. When full, the tanks being loaded hold 3,000 gallons of fire retardant. Established by Congress in the early '70s as a wildland fire protection program, MAFFS is a joint program with the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and the U.S. Forest Service.

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A view from ground firefighting crews as MAFFS 6 drops fire retardant to aid in the control of the Donaldson fire. When full, the tanks being loaded hold 3,000 gallons of fire retardant. Established by Congress in the early '70s as a wildland fire protection program, MAFFS is a joint program with the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and the U.S. Forest Service.

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Bill Ryan, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command National Guard Special Staff, takes a look at the glass cockpit of a UH-72 Lakota helicopter during a demonstration and static display Jan. 24. Members of the Mississippi Army National Guard flew the UH-72 to Peterson AFB to educate members of NORAD and USNORTHCOM on possible applications for the aircraft. The UH-72 features an advanced glass cockpit and communications equipment and can be used for reconnaissance and security or medical evacuation missions.

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Canadian Forces Lieutenant-General Walter Semianiw, Canada Command commander (left) and Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, Jr., North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, sign military to military plans in Ottawa, Jan. 25, to enhance defense cooperation between Canada and the United States should the governments require each other's assistance. The documents signed were the Civil Assistance Plan, the Combined Defence Plan and an Information Sharing Memorandum of Understanding. Jacoby signed the CAP and the CDP in his capacity as the commander of USNORTHCOM and the MOU as the commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM. The signings followed the 228th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence in Ottawa.

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Army Maj. Gen. Charles Gailes (center), the commanding general of U.S. Army North’s Task Force 51, along with visiting dual-status commanders, listen to a command briefing Feb. 7 during the Dual Status Commanders Orientation at Army North’s Main Conference Room at the historic Quadrangle. Gailes hosted the briefing and provided the opening remarks. The one-day stop at Army North was part of a larger series of conferences conducted by U.S. Northern Command for commanders who serve in a combined federal-state position.

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Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Mudd, National Guard Bureau, discusses the features of the UH-72 Lakota helicopter to members of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Jan. 24. Members of the Mississippi Army National Guard flew the UH-72 to Peterson AFB to educate members of NORAD and USNORTHCOM on possible applications for the aircraft. The UH-72 features an advanced glass cockpit and communications equipment and can be used for reconnaissance and security or medical evacuation missions.

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Royal Bahamas Defense Force commander Commodore Roderick Bowe, U.S. Northern Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Frank Grass and Royal Bahamas Police Force Deputy Commissioner Quinn McCartney listen to a NORAD and USNORTHCOM orientation briefing at NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters Feb. 23.

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A formation of Sailors, assigned to Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, render honors to Commander, NORAD and USNORTHCOM, Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, during a visit to Third Fleet headquarters in San Diego. Jacoby met with Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, Vice Adm. Gerald R. Beaman for a routine visit. U.S. Third Fleet leads naval forces in the eastern Pacific from the west coast of North America to the International Date Line.

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Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, commanding general, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and Fort Sam Houston, shares his insights with a gathering of fellow senior military leaders, elected officials, family, friends, fellow service members and civilian partners during his Assumption of Command ceremony Jan. 12 at Fort Sam Houston’s historic Quadrangle. Caldwell carries on a family legacy that commenced 34 years earlier when his father, retired Lt. Gen. William Caldwell III, took command of Fifth Army in San Antonio in 1978; he served as the unit’s commanding general until his retirement in 1980.

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Soldiers from the 1st Platoon, 84th Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), conduct parachute landings during a training exercise at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., prior to beginning the construction of an access road for the Border Patrol.

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Col. Randy Spear (second from left), 601st Air and Space Operations Center commander, points out a simulated "track of interest" on a radar screen during an exercise to Florida Gov. Rick Scott at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 5. Scott came to Tyndall to visit with Florida Air National Guardsmen from the 101st Air and Space Operations Group, which provides the manning for the 601st AOC, and to see firsthand the capabilities and assets Tyndall has to offer.

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