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  • U.N. aviation expert assists 601st AOC with Haiti ops

    While the character and caliber of catastrophic events around the world vary by infinite degrees, one constant inevitably remains the same - a near-insatiable, but immediate need for humanitarian aid. One man who can attest to this from extensive personal experience is Philippe Martou, the deputy

  • CONR to fly Amalgam Virgo exercise in preparation for Super Bowl XLIV

    Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region fighters will be busy well before Super Bowl Sunday Preparing to protect the skies around Sun Life Stadium in Miami for game day.Exercise Amalgam Virgo 10-Miami will be held Thursday in the Greater Miami area to allow interagency

  • 148th Earns Outstanding Unit Award

    The Chief of the Air National Guard, Lt. Gen. Harry "Bud" Wyatt has announced that the 148th Fighter Wing earned the 2009 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (AFOUA) for its accomplishments from November 1, 2008 to October 30, 2009. The AFOUA is awarded annually to Air Force units which perform

  • AFNORTH assists with Haitian relief efforts

    Air operations experts at Air Forces Northern here are assisting 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern with humanitarian aid efforts following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti Jan. 12The 601st Air & Space Operations Center here is supporting the 612th Combined Air & Space

  • AFNORTH EPLOs support Haitian relief efforts

    Responding to and supporting post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti is expected to be the one of the most challenging humanitarian operations in the history of the National Security Preparedness directorate, according to NSEP Director Col. Michael Hare.Colonel Hare, who oversees Air Forces Northern

  • Tyndall Airmen deploy to support Haitian relief efforts

    Liaison officers with the Joint Personnel Recovery Center and the 601st Air & Space Operations Center here are deploying today to assist with humanitarian aid efforts following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti Jan. 12. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chris Arnett, a JPRC liaison officer, is expected

  • CONR achieves 55,000th Noble Eagle sortie

    The quick response of two Continental U.S. NORAD Region fighter jets that intercepted a small airplane in Florida in late December resulted in a new and impressive record for CONR―its 55,000th successfully completed Operation Noble Eagle sortie.Air National Guard pilots with the 125th Fighter Wing,

  • CONR scrambles F-16s in response to unruly passenger

    Two F-16 fighters under the direction of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region launched at 11:44 a.m. MST today in response to reports of an unruly passenger aboard AirTran Flight 39 from Atlanta bound for San Francisco.The fighters arrived overhead of Colorado Springs

  • CONR responds to disturbance aboard Hawaiian Airlines flight

    Two Air Force fighter jets based in Portland, Ore., scrambled Wednesday afternoon when a commercial airliner reported having a disruptive passenger aboard.The F-15 Eagles, piloted by Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 142nd Fighter Wing in Portland, immediately jumped into action after receiving

  • Tyndall Airman named Female Athlete of Year

    When she was just 5 years old, Karrie Warren was already learning to hit softballs in her family's Fort Lauderdale, Fla., backyard. The balls were pitched patiently, one after the other, by an encouraging father who saw something special in his little girl's extraordinary ability to connect a bat