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Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Allen Usry, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Command Senior Enlisted Leader, speaks with the Air Forces Northern Command Chief, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Joe Thornell, during a recent visit to U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego June 2. The visit was part of the 5th Annual Senior Enlisted Leadership North American Borders Conference, which brought representatives from across Northern Command, Canada Command and the National Guard together to discuss border security, joint and international activities, training and development opportunities and future activities that could affect North America.

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Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Allen Usry, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Command Senior Enlisted Leader, looks across North Bay, San Diego, with the USS Midway aircraft carrier in the background during a visit to U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego June 2. The visit was part of the 5th Annual Senior Enlisted Leadership North American Borders Conference, which brought representatives from across Northern Command, Canada Command and the National Guard together to discuss border security, joint and international activities, training and development opportunities and future activities that could affect North America.

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Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, visits with participants of the National Level Exercise 2011 at Springfield-Branson National Airport in Springfield, Mo., May 18. Winnefeld spoke with the participants of NLE to ensure that the exercise was a valuable learning experience for possible real world events.

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Pfc. Ronnie Thompson, an Air and Missile Defense Crewmember, conducts a systems check of an Avenger weapon system. The Avenger system was used in conjunction with Sentinel radars to detect aircraft attempting to illegally enter U.S. airspace along the U.S. – Mexico border in Arizona.

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Marine Maj. Gen. Robert Walsh, U.S. Northern Command Operations Directorate director, welcomes members of the USNORTHCOM Standing Joint Force Headquarters to the Operations Directorate during the NC/SJFHQ disestablishment ceremony May 9. The NC/SJFHQ, the organization responsible for deploying the core of an emergency joint task force to contingencies across the country within six hours of mobilization, was folded into the USNORTHCOM Operations Directorate after seven years of operation as a separate directorate.

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Pfc. Michael Yaeklis, an Air Defense Tactical Operations Center Enhanced Operator-Maintainer, working inside a Sentinel radar air defense control center, conducts preliminary communications during a homeland security support mission executed in support of the U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson Sector.

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Pvt. 2 Adam Reardon, an Air Defense Tactical Operations Center Enhanced Operator-Maintainer, prepares to employ a 4th Battalion, 5th Air and Missile Defense Regiment Sentinel radar. The air defense system enhanced the U.S. Border Patrol’s efforts to detect and respond to suspected low flying aircraft used by transnational criminal organizations to transport illicit drugs across the U.S. – Mexico border in Southern Arizona.

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Ervin, 115th Airlift Squadron, California Air National Guard, surveys the Oasis wildfire as they prepare to dispense fire retardant to assist fire fighting efforts in West Texas, April 26, 2011. Lt. Col. Ervin is a C-130J Hercules pilot and is trained to fly with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System installed in order to aid in the firefighting efforts. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Hayes, 145th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, prepares to refill a C-130H Hercules, equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System, with fire retardant as it taxis into the pits at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 19, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. Wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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Nick Nickel, U.S. Northern Command Operations Directorate, gives a presentation on Operation Eagle Claw, the disastrous 1980 attempt to free the hostages held in Tehran, Iran, April 28. Nickel was one of the operators assigned to Operation Eagle Claw. Eight servicemembers were killed and two of the mission aircraft destroyed when one of the helicopters assigned to the mission crashed into a C-130. Although a failure, the mission is credited with sparking the Department of Defense to invest in improving joint planning, communications, integration and operations.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Zinc, 146th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, California Air National Guard, washes fire retardant off of a C-130J Hercules after a day of firefighting at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 26, 2011. The fire retardant is highly corrosive, so it needs to be washed off as soon as possible to prevent damage to the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Robert Barry, 146th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, California Air National Guard, disconnects the fire retardant fill hose from the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) installed on a C-130J Hercules during firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 26, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. Wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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Master Sgt. Jose Torres, a cyber systems manager on the Joint Task Force - Space Transportation System team, works with Maj. Normand Burroughs, team director of communications, to ensure all computer requirements are met prior to and during the shuttle launch mission.

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Maj. Herman Suarez, (left), logistics officer on the Joint Task Force - Space Transportation team, discusses JTF team requirements with Maj. Normand Burroughs, team director of communications prior to the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery Feb. 24, 2011.

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Capt. Kenneth Moerscher, a representative on the Joint Task Force Space - Transportation System team from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, monitors a shuttle launch from the Morrell Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

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Maj. Larry Skipper, 601st Air and Space Operations Center configuration manager at Tyndall AFB, Fla., adjusts a Joint-Based Expeditionary Connectivity Center antenna at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., before the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery Feb. 24, 2011. JBECC provides a comprehensive air picture to the entire launch team.

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Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing prepare a C-130J Hercules for firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 18, 2011. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) 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.

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Watkins, 115th Airlift Squadron, California Air National Guard, connects a fuel hose to a C-130J Hercules while preparing the aircraft for firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 18, 2011. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shane Sturgeon fills up a C-130 Hercules's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft with fire retardant before it departs here, April 17 to support the fighting against the wildfires in Texas. Sergeant Sturgeon is a maintainer assigned to the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron out of Peterson AFB, Colo.

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A C-130 from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., equipped with a U.S.D.A. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System flies toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17. Six MAFFS C-130s, deployed by US Northern Command to Texas, have conducted several aerial firefighting missions over the Texas fires in the past two days.

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