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  • "America's Air Operations Center" to open at Tyndall AFB

    High-level military and civilian leaders from across the continent will soon converge on 1st Air Force and the Continental U.S. NORAD Region Headquarters to dedicate a new air operations center here. Dubbed "America's AOC," the new, state-of-the-art, $15 million facility will enable 1st Air Force

  • NEADS members garner top-level awards

    Members from the Northeast Air Defense Sector garnered top-level awards from both New York Air National Guard and First Air Force annual awards. Two NEADS members received NYANG awards - Tech. Sgt. Thomas Whiteman was awarded Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year for 2007 and Senior Airman Traci

  • Air Force Rescue Coordination Center opens at Tyndall

    The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center began operations here March 1 as the newest team member in "America's Air Operations Center." The AFRCC realigned under 1st Air Force (AFNORTH) in April 2006, to consolidate Air Force support to civilian agencies under a single air component commander.

  • Northeast Air Defense Sector opens new fitness center

    In keeping with the 'Fit to Fight' mindset of the Air Force, the Northeast Air Defense Sector officially opened its new fitness center Friday for use of Department of Defense employees, including members at NEADS, Air Force Research Lab and Defense Finance and Accounting Services. Renovating Depot

  • F-15 fighters respond to F-16 crash

    The Continental U.S. NORAD Region here launched F-15 "Eagle" fighters yesterday to assist in the recovery of an F-16 "Falcon" pilot who ejected over the Straits of Florida. In coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration, CONR launched two Florida Air National Guard F-15 fighters from

  • AFRCC coordinates ground rescue for glider crash

    The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here assisted in saving a life, Monday, as it coordinated the rescue response for a glider pilot that crashed in the mountains near Franklin, West Virginia. The pilot's wife initially reported the crash to the Pennsylvania Civil Air Patrol after receiving a

  • Air National Guardsman awarded Bronze Star

    All it took for him was hearing the roar of a low-flying F-4's engines over where he was bivouacking in the N.M. desert as an Army ROTC cadet to decide that he wanted to fly jets. Twenty six years later and now an F-16C+ pilot, the New York Air National Guardsman was awarded the Bronze Star for

  • NORAD exercise planned for Washington D.C.

    The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct Exercise Falcon Virgo 07-08 late Monday night through early Tuesday morning in the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C.). This exercise comprises a series

  • "America's Air Operations Center" to open at Tyndall

    Homeland defenders will be able to provide improved protection of the sovereign airspace of continental U.S., the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, as a new, multi-million dollar Air Operations Center will open here June 1 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Dubbed "America's AOC," the new,

  • Tyndall to host "America's AOC" grand opening

    The NORAD organization responsible for the air sovereignty continental of the United States will dedicate a new, state-of-the-art, $30 million air and space operations center here June 1. Dubbed "America's AOC" the operations center will allow 1st Air Force and the Continental U.S. NORAD Region to