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  • 101st Air and Space Operations Group stands up at Tyndall

    The 601st Air and Space Operations Center here held a ceremony Aug. 21 to commemorate the activation of the 101st Air and Space Operations Group.The 101st AOG, which is a Florida Air National Guard unit, provides the manning for the 601st AOC to fulfill their mission of defending the homeland. The

  • AFNORTH EPLOs deploying for Hurricane Earl

    Air Forces Northern National Emergency Preparedness Directorate is deploying Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers to provide assistance to emergency relief forces as required as Hurricane Earl and Tropical Storm Fiona approach the U.S. coastline. The EPLOs, in concert with Defense Coordinating

  • Letter from the Air Force Association President

    AFA Members, Congressional Staff members, Civic Leaders, DOCA members, As we get farther away from watching oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (while concentrating on the clean-up), a piece surfaced in the Washington Post. To quote one of our members who sent it to me: "It is interesting that the first

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Thad Allen to conduct press brief at Tyndall AFB

    The National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Response, retired Adm. Thad Allen, will hold his daily press conference at Tyndall Air Force Base Friday, July 30 at 11:45 a.m. Central Time.The admiral will provide an operational update on ongoing Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill

  • Canadian general bids 'au revoir' to Tyndall

    After more than three years with the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, Brig. Gen. André Viens is moving on to become the Director General of Military Careers for Canadian Forces at Canada's National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa.As CONR's deputy commander, General

  • AFNORTH hosts North American Air Chiefs Conference

    With a focus on enhancing cooperative assistance and security both within and throughout the region, guests at the North American Regional Air Chiefs Conference exchanged information and ideas during the three-day event July 12-15.Hosted by Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command

  • Deepwater Horizon airspace activity now coordinated at 601st AOC

    As the Deepwater Horizon Response Operation enters Week 13 since the rig exploded April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico, senior Department of Defense and Homeland Security officials made the decision to centralize airspace management operations in the 601st Air & Space Operations Center here due to the

  • Air Force Rescue Coordination Center experiences busy week

    It's been a busy week for controllers in the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here as they assisted in two searches and a rescue Tuesday and another search Wednesday.The Montrose County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office requested helicopter support in the search for a missing 48-year-old man who was last