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  • On the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Air Force fighters assigned to the Continental U.S.NORAD Region (CONR) will be visible over the New York City area. Illustration by Mike Strickler

    CONR flights planned for 9-11 anniversary

    On the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Air Force fighters assigned to the Continental U.S.NORAD Region (CONR) will be visible over the New York City area. Two F-15s from the 102nd Fighter Wing at Otis ANG Base, Mass., will over fly New York City, and make low approaches on LaGuardia, JFK, Newark and Teterboro
  • Instructor Sgt. Justin C. Rinearson, 61st CST, center, demonstrates the amount, substance and procedure for testing various chemical and toxic agents to Tech. Sgt. Angela Staton, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron, left, and Staff Sgt. Kimani Cadney, 159th Fighter Wing, during an emergency management training course at the North Dakota Air National Guard Regional Training Site, Fargo, N.D., Sept. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)

    Active duty, Guard and Reserves training together for emergency management

    Intelligence agencies determine that a group that has been making threats against the United States is working in a clandestine lab. Law enforcement moves in to secure the lab, but the people who have been coming and going from the lab are lying strewn about on the ground around the building. An urgent call is immediately placed to the emergency

  • WADS blazes in to help

    For the first time in its history, the Western Air Defense Sector, a unit of the Washington Air National Guard, recently supported U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support to Civil Authority mission by helping to fight California wildfires. While still focusing on their normal daily duties of "Guarding America's Skies," the folks at WADS took on the

  • AFNORTH conducting Vigilent Shield 08

    Warfighters assigned to Air Forces Northern and the Continental U.S. NORAD Region are honing their homeland defense skills during Vigilant Shield 08 which began Oct. 15 and runs through Oct. 20 here. The annual homeland defense Vigilant Shield exercise, sponsored by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Northern Command and U.S.

  • AFNORTH liaisons deploy for wildfire relief efforts

    Air Forces Northern deployed nine Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers, or EPLOs, as early as Monday to various parts of the Western United States to aid in Southern California Wildfire relief efforts. These officers, requested by FEMA and approved by the Secretary of Defense, stand ready to coordinate military-unique assets for rescue, relief

  • WADS contributes to lifesaving event

    The Western Air Defense Sector, a unit of the Washington Air National Guard, played a vital role in saving lives on Oct. 26 as wild fires blazed in Southern California. While on a night mission under WADS' tactical control, a P-3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft from the Navy's Patrol Squadron VP 46, Whidbey Island, Wash., spotted a home in an

  • CAP flying in support of Calif. wildfires mission

    Now in their second week of round-the-clock operations, the Civil Air Patrol's California Wing members are conducting reconnaissance flights in support of various federal, state and local agencies as part of the response to deadly wildfires that have consumed more than 500,000 acres in seven Southern California counties. The California Wing was

  • MAFFS fly 64 missions in support of California wildfires

    Six Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules planes equipped with the Military Airborne Firefighting System have flown 64 missions dropping fire retardant on wildfires in Southern California since Wednesday. Requested by the local incident commander these aircraft flew from Channel Islands Air National Guard Base, Calif., dropping
  • Photo taken by U.S. Air Force RQ-4A Global Hawk and analyzed for Southern California Firefighters by AN/GSQ-272 Sentinel imagery analyst. Infrared image depicts hot areas and objects as white on a darker background and shows the Horno Fire progressing from left to right across the image.

    Global Hawk, U-2 and P-3 aircraft capture images of wildfires

    Throughout the week Air Forces Northern tasked RQ-4 Global Hawk and U-2 mapping aircraft from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and a Navy P-3 aircraft flying out of Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., to provide still photos and video to firefighting commanders and civil authorities on the ground. Military technology plays an important role in our

  • AFNORTH helps fight wildfires

    Air Forces Northern is deploying an Air Component Coordination Element, or ACCE, to support firefighting operations in Southern California. The ACCE is an Air Force team designed to perform the command and control function for Air Force assets supporting the efforts. When the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested DOD resources to help with
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