America's Sheild

Sentinal Rada tactically deployed. US Army photo by LTC David Jenkins

America's Sheild

SPC Brandon Koster and SPC Josef Kerr conducting maintenance operations on a Sentinel Radar. US Army photo by CW2 Michael Penley

Exercise Vibrant Response 13

The simulated area of a flooded housing community during Exercise Vibrant Response at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., July 29, 2012. Exercise Vibrant Response is a training event for the Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Force. The exercise focuses on Department of Defense support of civil authorities in a consequence management role. The DCRF is part of DoD's scalable response capability to assist civilian responders in saving lives, relieving human suffering and provide critical support to enable community recovery following a catastrophic CBRN incident.

Departments of Interior, Agriculture honor MAFFS 7 crew

The flag outside the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, flies at half-staff July 10, 2012, in honor of the four crewmembers of MAFFS 7 who were killed when their MAFFS-equipped C-130 crashed during a fire fighting mission in South Dakota July 1. (U.S. Forest Service photo by Mike Ferris)

AOC Supports Key West Exercise

USS Nitze (DDG 94) sails off the coast of Key West, Fla. during Exercise Vigilant Shield 12, November 9, 2011. The exercise in Key West is the "first-ever proof of concept" for the military's (J-DIAMD), a collection of high-end radars and missile systems as well as aircraft that work in tandem in the event of a threat to the continental United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kamaile O. Long/Released)

Vigilant Shield 12

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Horacio Maysonet from the 51st Combat Communications Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., perform set up and testing on radio frequency modules (RFM) Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, Fla., Nov. 5, 2011. The RFM consolidates radar feeds extending long distances into one air picture allowing higher headquarters to access and engage incoming threats. The exercise in Key West will be the "first-ever proof of concept" for the military's Joint Deployable Integrated Air and Missile Defense System, a collection of high-end radars and missile systems as well as aircraft that work in tandem in the event of a threat to the continental United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr./Released)

Civil Air Patrol provides simulated “threat” for CONR pilots

An F-15 from the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard is seen outside the window of a Civil Air Patrol aircraft during an intercept training mission over the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Civil Air Patrol helps Aerospace Control Alert units train for scrambles and intercepts by providing a track of interest. (Courtesy photo)

CONR marks 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Senior Master Sgt. Rhonda McMichael rings a bell at 7:46 a.m. Central Standard Time Sept. 11, 2011, in honor of the men, women and children who perished when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City Sept. 11, 2001. The Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) held a ceremony to honor the memory of those who died during the worst terrorist attack on American soil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Angela Pope)

148th Fighter Wing maintains top safety rating

The official OSHA VPP Star Rating flag is presented at an awards ceremony in June 2008. That flag is displayed proudly at the 148th Fighter Wing.

148th Fighter Wing maintains top safety rating

Members of the 148th Fighter Wing, in a variety of career fields and uniforms, get ready for the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program "Star" rating presentation during an awards ceremony in June 2008.

MAFFS units to support southwestern firefighting efforts

A C-130J from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif., taxis to a parking spot June 15 after landing at Kirtland AFB, N.M. In support of the National Interagency Fire Center, the unit brought two C-130J aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to help control wildfires in the Southwestern U.S. (Air Force photo by Elizabeth Martinez.)

MAFFS units to support southwestern firefighting efforts

Lt. Col. Kurt Holden, 115th Airlift Squadron commander, California Air National Guard, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif., talked with Albuquerque news media June 15 about his squadron’s deployment to Kirtland AFB, N.M. In support of the National Interagency Fire Center, the unit brought two C-130J aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to help control wildfires in the Southwestern U.S. (Air Force photo by Elizabeth Martinez.)