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  • Search and rescue coordinators Major Bill Kennedy and Staff Sergeant Diane Brown monitor ongoing search and rescue operations. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center serves as the single agency responsible for coordinating life saving federal search and rescue services. (US Air Force Photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Scott)

    AFRCC helps save three lives

    The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here helped coordinate three separate search and rescue operations in Utah, Washington and Colorado Wednesday, with local and state agencies saving the lives of three American citizens. The Beaver County Sheriff and Utah Department of Safety contacted the AFRCC to ask for federal assistance to search for a
  • F-15 Eagle pilots from the 142nd Fighter Wing, Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., step to their aircraft before flying a mission in support of Amalgam Dart 2009, June 19. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

    142FW participates in Amalgam Dart 09

  • Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz (left) and Capt. John Barringer, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, step to a C-182 Cessna before departing Astoria, Ore., during Amalgam Dart 2009, June 18. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

    Civil Air Patrol assists with Amalgam Dart 09

  • An Avenger Air Defense System from 263rd Army Air Missile Defense Command deploys to a remote location during Amalgam Dart 2009 at Camp Rilea, Oregon, June 15. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

    Amalgam Dart 09

  • Lt. Col. Scott Tagg checks the wildland fire situational update board at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. He serves both as an Air Force Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer and also as the Department of Defense's liaison officer for NIFC.

    Idaho EPLO ready for 2009 wildfire season

    In late June 2008, Air Force Reservist Lt. Col. Scott Tagg was enjoying a pleasant, restful day at home in Boise, Idaho, when he received a phone call from the director of the National Interagency Fire Center, located in his hometown. The news wasn't good. He learned that during a period of extremely dry conditions in Northern California, parts of
  • A soldier manning an Avenger missile defense system watches as a cargo ship travels down the Columbia River near historic Fort Stevens State Park. The historic old Army post located near Warrenton, Ore., constructed in the 19th century, is finding itself needed by 21st century warriors participating in a major U.S. Northern Command air defense exercise, Amalgam Dart 09, which began June 18. (U.S. Air Force photo by Al Eakle)

    Historic Civil War fort finds itself needed again

    The historic old Army post located here, constructed in the 19th century, is finding itself needed by 21st century warriors participating in a major U.S. Northern Command air defense exercise this week. Exercise Amalgam Dart '09 kicks off today at Camp Rilea and in nearby Warrenton, Ore., and will continue through Saturday. It is one of several
  • U. S. Army Staff Sgt. John Moore, Radar Maintenance and Operations Technicians, 263rd Anti-Air Missile Defense Command, South Carolina National Guard, prepares to secure a antenna stabilization wire into the ground from a radar antenna during Exercise Amalgam Dart, near Camp Rilea OR, June 14, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sgt. Sean M. Worrell)

    Air defense exercise to test NORTHCOM response

    Months of planning and preparations will soon be tested as Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors gear up for a major U.S. Northern Command air defense exercise here beginning today. Exercise Amalgam Dart '09 will take place here and in nearby Warrenton, Ore., and will continue through Saturday. It is one of several North American Aerospace Defense Command
  • Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

    AFRCC coordinates search and rescue for injured hiker

    Early Monday morning the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here helped coordinate search and rescue operations with local and state agencies to save an injured hiker in the mountains near Wenatchee, Wash. A group of hikers witnessed a man fall nearly 1,000 feet down Mt. Stuart, the second highest non-volcanic peak in Washington. After witnessing
  • First Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Hank Morrow (left) discusses North American homeland operations with Maj. Gen. Carlos Antonio Rodriguez Munguia, deputy director of operations for the Mexican Air Force.

    North American Air Chiefs Conference welcomes U.S. border nations

    Military and civilian leaders from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. attended the first-ever North American Regional Air Chiefs Conference hosted by 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) June 8-12. The attendees participated in a variety of mission briefings and interactive discussions designed to improve and foster relationships between U.S. Northern

  • AFRCC coordinates SAR for downed N.M. helicopter

    Controllers from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here helped local and state agencies search for a missing helicopter in the mountains near Santa Fe, N.M., late Tuesday night. The New Mexico State Police contacted AFRCC to ask for federal assistance in finding the helicopter and its three occupants. The helicopter had just picked up a lost
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