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  • NORAD fighters respond to TFR violation

    Two F-15 fighters under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted a small Cessna aircraft flying through the Temporary Flight Restriction zone over Crawford, Texas Thursday afternoon, August 23. The civilian aircraft entered the TFR at approximately 3:00 PM central time.

  • AFRCC continues Fossett search

    The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here continues to provide critical search and rescue (SAR) support in the multi-state effort to find adventurer Steve Fossett. The extensive coordination and support effort includes: coordination with the Western Air Defense Sector at McChord AFB, Wash.;

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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