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NORAD commander visits WADS
Capt. Jake Allenton, 225th Air Defense Squadron senior director, answers Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, NORAD and USNORTHCOM commander, questions during his visit to the Western Air Defense Sector, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington Aug. 23, 2018. O'Shaughnessy received a tour of the operations floor and met with the WADS crew that provided command and control of the 142nd Fighter Wing's F-15 intercept of the Aug. 10 stolen Horizon Bombardier Q400 aircraft out of SeaTac International Airport. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Kimberly D. Burke)