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  • AFRCC assists in mission that saves 60 hikers

    Severe weather on July 29 flooded a hiking path on Mount Whitney near Lone Pine, Calif., leaving 60 hikers stranded. The California Emergency Management Agency reached out to the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., for assistance. "Although there was a large

  • EPLOs deployed to Caribbean for hurricane response preparation

    With tropical storm activity increasing in the Atlantic region, the Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate deployed two emergency preparedness liaison officers to assist in response efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The EPLOs' skills, experience

  • AFNORTH announces new commander for CONR-1st AF

    Air Force officials announced June 16 that the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region - 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) will be getting a new commander at its helm.Maj. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, who has been selected for promotion to lieutenant general, will assume

  • After making history, AFNORTH POLAD announces retirement

    In 2010, the Department of Defense and the Department of State recognized the rapidly growing international dimension of the Air Forces Northern mission, particularly with regard to Mexico, and the need to add a new facet to that mission. "The diplomacy of the 21st century requires better

  • CONR supports final space shuttle launch

    Thousands of spectators anxiously looked on as Space Shuttle Atlantis roared to life for the last time launching the orbiter and crew over the space coast of Florida at 11:29 a.m. EST.The Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and Air Forces Northern provided crucial

  • Airmen continue aerial firefight in Southwest

    Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel and MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130s continue to assist the U.S. Forest Service in fighting wildfires in New Mexico and Arizona.Since being activated by the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho on June 15, the 302

  • Pilot gets ‘hosed’ after completing final F-16 flight

    It's a tradition that's nearly as old as military aviation itself: the fini-flight - an event that marks the end of a pilot's Air Force career in the cockpit. That was the case June 20 when Col. John Colombo, Air Forces Northern's director of Air, Space and Information Operations, took off for the

  • AFNORTH increases wildfire suppression support

    Air Forces Northern will deploy two additional C-130 aircraft and has deployed an emergency planning liaison officer to support wildfire suppression efforts in the southwestern United States.Upon request from the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North

  • AFRCC changes command, reflects on legacy of outgoing commander

    The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center received a new commander during a change of command ceremony at the Heritage Club June 15. After two years as the AFRCC commander, Lt. Col. Chuck Tomko passed the reins to Lt. Col. Bob Russell, who had been serving as the AFRCC director of operations. "There