AFNORTH completes week-long hurricane relief exercise

(L to R) Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Short; Lt. Gen. Sid Clarke, Air Forces Northern (AFNORTH) commander; and Canadian Brig. Gen. Chris Coates, U.S. Continental North American Aerospace Defense Command (CONR) deputy commander, share a discussion during the Ardent Sentry 12 exercise. In his role as senior mentor during AFNORTH’s participation in the exercise, General Short observed and shared lessons he learned during his career in command positions with General Clarke and members of the staff.

AFNORTH continues hurricane exercise

Local television stations Channel 7 and Channel 13 interview Tom Pieknik, National Security Emergency Preparedness coordinator, while reporting on Air Force Northern’s participation in Ardent Sentry 12.

AFNORTH transfers authority of enlisted force to new command chief

Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell Brush (center), the former Air Forces Northern command chief, passes his command chief coin to Lt. Gen. Sid Clarke, AFNORTH commander, during a transfer of authority ceremony at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., March 23. Chief Brush passed responsibility of the command’s enlisted force to Chief Master Sgt. Jim Hotaling (right). (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan Trahan)

AFNORTH transfers authority of enlisted force to new command chief

Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell Brush (right), the former Air Forces Northern command chief, and Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Fredrickson, AFNORTH first sergeant, attend the command’s annual award banquet at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., March 21. Chief Brush passed responsibility of the command’s enlisted force to Chief Master Sgt. Jim Hotaling during a transfer of authority ceremony at Tyndall March 23. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan Trahan)

AFNORTH pilot comes back down to earth with new airframe

Maj. Dawn Junk, Domestic Operations chief for Air Forces Northern, and Tech. Sgt. Mike DeWitt, a sensor operator from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., train on an MQ-1 Predator simulator at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Major Junk is now certified to pilot the unmanned platform, which could potentially help the command save more lives and conduct operations more efficiently during disaster recovery efforts. (Courtesy photo)

National Guard, homeland defense officials visit Tyndall

Lt. Gen. Sid Clarke, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) commander, and Maj. Gen. Emmett R. Titshaw, Florida Adjutant General, greet Gen. Craig R. McKinley, Chief National Guard Bureau and Joint Chiefs of Staff member, upon his arrival at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 10, while Brig. Gen. John McMullen, 325th Fighter Wing commander, greets Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs Paul N. Stockton. McKinley accompanied Stockton to Tyndall for a familiarization tour of CONR-1st AF (AFNORTH). (U.S. Air Force photo by Angela Pope)