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  • AFNORTH gives CAP technology boost

    When Air Forces Northern needs an aircrew to fly a search and rescue mission, run counterdrug support or play the bad guy, it frequently calls on the members of the Civil Air Patrol, who is always more than eager to lend a helping hand. In an effort to make CAP's job easier and more efficient,

  • National Guard Bureau Chief visits Air Forces Northern

    She wears blue. She speaks purple. She is Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, the National Guard Bureau's Senior Enlisted Leader who recently visited Air Forces Northern facilities, met with enlisted AFNORTH Airmen, shared her thoughts and solicited theirs. Chief Jelinski-Hall is the first Air

  • Media invited to Track Santa LIVE on Christmas Eve

    Members of 601st Air and Space Operations Center will be tracking Santa Claus on part of his journey around the world on Christmas Eve, and media are invited to visit 'America's AOC' to capture his journey.In conjunction with the North American Aerospace Defense Command's "NORAD Tracks Santa"

  • AFNORTH First Sergeant earns distinguished grad honors

    They say timing is everything, and Air Forces Northern's first sergeant, a recent Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy graduate, couldn't agree more. Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Fredrickson attributed his ultimate academic success - one of 42 distinguished military graduates in a class of more than

  • HAPPY HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM THE COMMANDER

    Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays! The men and women of the Continental U.S. NORAD Region - 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) have all worked very hard during 2010 and have represented themselves and this organization extremely well. As we close out the year and prepare for the end-of-year

  • NORAD Visits the NYSE and Prepares to Track Santa

    On Monday, December 20, the Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and executives from Google, Booz Allen Hamilton and the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, who help sponsor the NORAD Tracks Santa Program, will join together at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) alongside

  • Air Guard strengthens stance for homeland defense, civil support

    The 2010 Domestic Operations Equipment Requirements conference prompted the Air National Guard to position itself to provide an even stronger stance for homeland defense and civil support missions, the National Guard Bureau's director of plans and requirements said recently."This is how we morphed

  • Key Spouse Program bridges communications

    While it's inherent for military members and their families to expect the unexpected - short-notice deployments, permanent change of station orders, new missions, new people, new places - it doesn't mean it's always comfortable or easy to manage.To help prepare its members for such events, Air

  • F-4 Phantom Jet Moved to Permanent Display at Eastern Air Defense Sector

    A restored version of one the U.S. Air Force's most renowned combat planes is now on permanent display outside the Eastern Air Defense Sector. Perched on a pedestal 15 feet above a small pond at the facility's southwest edge, the imposing 47-year-old F-4 Phantom jet demands attention. "The elevated