Major General Morrow visits Winnipeg

Major General Hank Morrow, Commander of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, and Commander, 1st Air Force (AFNORTH), Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida paid a special visit to 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 21. Maj. Gen. Morrow was greeted with a General Salute from Sgt Chris Ritchot, a Guard of Honor and then signed the official guest book. As the Joint Force Air Component Commander for NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Morrow develops contingency plans and conducts U.S. Air Force operations in CONUS, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and over U.S. maritime approaches. Photos by Pt Piotr Figiel, 17 Wing Imaging

Major General Morrow visits Winnipeg

Major General Hank Morrow, Commander of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, and Commander, 1st Air Force (AFNORTH), Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida paid a special visit to 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 21. Maj. Gen. Morrow was greeted with a General Salute from Sgt Chris Ritchot, a Guard of Honor and then signed the official guest book. As the Joint Force Air Component Commander for NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Morrow develops contingency plans and conducts U.S. Air Force operations in CONUS, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and over U.S. maritime approaches. Photos by Pt Piotr Figiel, 17 Wing Imaging

IRD provides imagery of hurricane-ravaged areas

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. Jordan Norton and 1st Lt. Brenda Wisham review a briefing Sept. 12 as they outline plans to collect aerial imagery after Hurricane Ike passes across the eastern coast of Texas. The 601st IRD – short for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance division – remains on an around-the-clock schedule to provide a critical link between disaster response forces poised on the storm’s front lines and manned and unmanned imagery aircraft flying overhead. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian S. Orban)

IRD provides imagery of hurricane-ravaged areas

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. Jordan Norton and 1st Lt. Brenda Wisham review a briefing Sept. 12 as they outline plans to collect aerial imagery after Hurricane Ike passes across the eastern coast of Texas. The 601st IRD – short for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance division – remains on an around-the-clock schedule to provide a critical link between disaster response forces poised on the storm’s front lines and manned and unmanned imagery aircraft flying overhead. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian S. Orban)

Weather forecasts protect Air Force, Americans

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Capt. John McMillen from the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and Maj. Kimberly Pacheco, 601st Air Operations Center weather team chief, monitor the track of Hurricane Ike as they prepare for a briefing at the AOC here Sept. 11. Weather forecasters with America’s AOC continue to work around the clock as the hurricane plows across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas. Captain McMillen is one of dozens of active duty members, Guardsmen and Reservists temporary assigned to the AOC and Air Forces Northern in support of hurricane relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian S. Orban)

Weather forecasts protect Air Force, Americans

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Capt. John McMillen from the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and Maj. Kimberly Pacheco, 601st Air Operations Center weather team chief, monitor the track of Hurricane Ike as they prepare for a briefing at the AOC here Sept. 11. Weather forecasters with America’s AOC continue to work around the clock as the hurricane plows across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas. Captain McMillen is one of dozens of active duty members, Guardsmen and Reservists temporary assigned to the AOC and Air Forces Northern in support of hurricane relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian S. Orban)