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	NORAD: About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Aerospace warning includes the monitoring of man-made objects in space, and the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles, utilizing mutual support arrangements with other commands.
		The commander is appointed by, and is responsible to, both the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada.
		To accomplish the aerospace warning mission, the commander of NORAD is responsible for providing integrated tactical warning and attack assessment (ITW/AA) of an aerospace attack on North America to the governments of Canada and the United States.
	www.norad.mil /about_us.htm (535 words)

	North American Aerospace Defense Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint organization of the United States and Canada which provides aerospace warning and control for North America.
		By the early 1970s, the acceptance of mutual assured destruction doctine led to a cut in the air defense budget and the repositioning of NORAD's mission to ensuring the integrity of airspace during peacetime.
		The Commander of NORAD is always American and simultaneously heads USNORTHCOM, while the Deputy Commander is Canadian.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command (1766 words)

	U.S. Northern Command - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was established in 2002 by the Department of Defense to consolidate under a single unified command existing missions that were previously executed by other military organizations.
		"The new command was given responsibility for the continental United States, Canada, Mexico, portions of the Caribbean and the contiguous waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans up to 500 miles off the North American coastline.
		Homeland security is the prevention, preemption, and deterrence of, and defense against, aggression targeted at U.S. territory, sovereignty, domestic population, and infrastructure as well as the management of the consequences of such aggression and other domestic emergencies.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=U.S._Northern_Command (802 words)

	North American Aerospace Defense Command
		The continental air defense mission, carried out by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), was developed during the Cold War to protect against any Soviet bombers that might try to attack the US via the North Pole.
		The 1st Air Force air sovereignty team, which, as part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), is responsible for the air defense of the continental United States, scores an unprecedented “grand slam” in a four-day evaluation of its effectiveness in performing the air sovereignty mission.
		However, the command area at NEADS overlooking the operations floor (the “Battle Cab”) refuses his request, and orders “battle stations only at Langley.” “Battle stations” means the pilots are in their cockpits, but with the engines turned off.
	www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?id=1521846767-1759 (7365 words)

	U.S. Northern Command - Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		NORAD is a bi-national U.S. and Canadian command that is responsible for the aerospace defense of North America.
		NORAD maintains a robust defense against asymmetric air threats to the U.S and Canada with a series of alert fighters, tankers and airborne early warning aircraft cued by interagency warning and networked surveillance radars.
		In coordination with the Joint Staff, U.S. Pacific Command, U.S Strategic Command and the Missile Defense Agency, we are refining operational concepts, command and control structures and establishing command relationships to ensure the effective employment of the GMD system when it becomes operational.
	www.northcom.mil /newsroom/transcripts/032504.htm (2351 words)

	DefenseLINK News: NORAD and U.S. Coast Guard Set for Super Bowl Security
		Command mission assets for Super Bowl XL will include CF 18s, F 16s, an E-3 airborne early warning and control system aircraft, and air refueling tankers, NORAD officials said.
		The North American Aerospace Defense Command is a joint U.S.-Canada command responsible for the airspace defense of North America.
		The command regularly conducts missions similar to its Super Bowl mission, and its aircraft are on alert or conducting irregular patrols throughout the country, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, NORAD officials said.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Feb2006/20060203_4106.html (430 words)

	Eberhart assumes command of NORAD, space commands
		As NORAD commander, Eberhart is responsible for the binational Canadian-U.S. organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and control for the North American continent.
		As one of the nation's nine unified commands, U.S. Space Command coordinates the use of Defense Department space forces and civil space to perform the missions of space forces support; space force enhancement; space force application, space force control and computer network defense.
		As commander of Air Force Space Command, he will oversee the mission of assuring combat forces access to space, and responsibility for the command's intercontinental ballistic missile forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/usa/2000/n20000222_000255.htm (318 words)

	NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND ( NORAD ) & UNITED STATES SPACE COMMAND ( USSPACECOM )
		The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a binational United States and Canadian organization responsible for aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America.
		Aerospace warning includes the monitoring of man-made objects in space, and the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles or space vehicles.
		A commander in chief (CINC) is appointed by, and responsible to the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada.
	www.omitron.com /cust/norad.asp (485 words)

	Tyndall Guide/Directory - Tenant/Associate Units
		The Southeast Air Defense Sector, the “World’s Premier Air Defense Team,” is responsible for the air defense of the southeastern United States.
		NORAD command and control agencies are responsible for maintaining air sovereignty in peacetime and defending North America during wartime.
		The detachment is an Air Combat Command unit and is proud to be Detachment 1 of the legendary 823rd RHS.
	www.united-publishers.com /TyndallGuide/tenant.html (3243 words)

	Northrop Grumman - Richard B. Myers
		In that capacity, he was the principal military advisor to the president, the secretary of defense and the National Security Council.
		Previously, Myers was commander in chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command; commander of the Air Force Space Command; and Department of Defense manager of Space Transportation System Contingency Support.
		Earlier, he was commander of the Pacific Air Forces; assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force.
	www.northropgrumman.com /who_we_are/myers_bod.html (294 words)

	RedOrbit - Technology - Homeland Defense Portal Unlocks Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The command center of the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), is the fusion center for data from other centers within the command.
		Because their missions are complementary, the two commands must be able to share information easily with each other and with other partners when a situation erupts.
		When the command receives information from forward-based combatant commands about the location and movement of dangerous individuals, it can track their activity using the SIPRNET to determine how they may attempt to enter the United States, for example.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display/?id=199653&source=r_technology (2224 words)

	United States Northern Command (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Sentinel communications vehicle assigned to U.S. Army North is offloaded Nov. 15 from a C-17 at McClellan Business Park in Sacramento, Calif. The movement from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, marked the first time the communications vehicle has been air deployed.
		USARNORTH is the Army's newest service component command and is assigned to U.S. Northern Command, the unified command responsible for defending the U.S. homeland and providing defense support to civil authorities.
		Servicemembers from North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command teamed up with Peterson Air Force Base and local Colorado Springs schools to collect food donations for the Care and Share Harvest of Love Food Drive, just in time for the holidays.
	www.northcom.mil (337 words)

	SumTotal - Our Company - Press Release - 2004/12/06 - North American Aerospace Defense Command And United States ...
		The NORAD agreement was signed on May 12, 1958, and has continuously provided the forces to “deter, detect and defend” Alaska, Canada and the 48 contiguous states from air attack.
		The NORAD is a bi-national military organization formally established in 1958 by Canada and the United States to monitor and defend North American airspace.
		The Department of Defense established U.S. Northern Command in 2002 to consolidate under a single unified command existing missions that were previously executed by other military organizations.
	www.sumtotalsystems.com /press/2004/12/06/1 (879 words)

	North American Aerospace Defense Command: Special Aviation Features: Wings Over Kansas
		Aerospace warning or integrated tactical warning and attack assessment (ITW/AA) includes the monitoring of manmade objects in space, and the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America by aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles.
		The organization is headed by a commander appointed by both the U.S. president and the Canadian prime minister.
		The commander is based at Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, the central collection and coordination facility for the sensor systems around the world,.
	www.wingsoverkansas.com /features/article.asp?id=682 (1946 words)

	U.S. Northern Command - Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Keating will be the first-ever non-Air Force commander of NORAD and only the second commander of USNORTHCOM.
		Guests of honor are expected to include Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers.
		Media representatives interested in attending will be expected to meet Friday at the Peterson North Gate off of Platte Avenue at 7 a.m.
	www.northcom.mil /newsroom/news_release/2004/110304.htm (180 words)

	Designing a control system for top-secret NORAD/USNORTHCOM facility \| North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Should the command center itself drop to unclassified, or if the Sanitize button is pressed, then the Crestron master control system programming will clear its displays without disturbing meetings in other remote rooms.
		Since the early 1960s, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) crews have scanned North American skies for incoming warplanes and nuclear missiles from an operations center southwest of Colorado Springs, Colo., 8,000ft.
		The Department of Defense established the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) on April 17, 2002, to consolidate under a single unified command existing homeland defense and civil support missions that were previously executed by other military organizations.
	svconline.com /avcontrol/features/avinstall_needtoknow_control (2389 words)

	DenverPost.com - Fate of defense post iffy
		Built in the 1960s for $142 million, the command post inside a 4 1/2-acre excavated grid of chambers and tunnels consists of 15 multistory buildings mounted on springs.
		But today, with the emergence of Northern Command, a separate, newer command post carries out much of the same surveillance, with access to all the same data.
		This is the first in a three-day series on U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, both based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, and their efforts to prepare for 21st-century threats to the nation's security.
	www.denverpost.com /northcom/ci_3503161 (1007 words)

	The Avalon Project : Statement of General Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF Commander in Chief North American Aerospace Defense ...
		Though the circumstances that led to this hearing are tragic, it is an honor to appear before you to represent the outstanding men and women of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
		Our hearts and prayers go out to those great American heroes who lost their lives or were injured on September 11, 2001, as well as their families and friends.
		For 43 years NORAD adapted to the changing threats--transitioning from an initial "air" defense orientation to a broader aerospace dimension--one that provides surveillance and warning of ballistic missile attacks and space events.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/sept_11/eberhart_001.htm (1009 words)

	North American Aerospace Defense Command (Harpers.org)
		The North American Aerospace Defense Command admitted that in April 2001 it rejected a training scenario in which foreign terrorists were to hijack a commercial airplane and try to crash it into the Pentagon; the scenario was considered unrealistic.
		This is North American Aerospace Defense Command, a United States bureaucracy.
		Harpers.org is the website of Harper's Magazine, an American journal of literature, politics, culture, and the arts published continuously from 1850.
	www.harpers.org /Norad.html (402 words)

	DefenseLINK-Unified Command Plan
		PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Feb. 20, 2004 —; A major hurricane, a nuclear accident and a nuclear detonation — all simulated, and all occurring in Texas — are among the challenges facing U.S. Northern Command forces during exercise Unified Defense '04.
		The Unified Command Plan establishes the missions and geographic responsibilities among the combatant commanders.
		U.S. Northern Command – new combatant command assigned to defend the United States and support military assistance to civil authorities.
	www.pentagon.mil /specials/unifiedcommand (308 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Group Studies U.S.-Canada Defense Relationship
		In the history of international military cooperation, the North American Aerospace Defense Command Agreement is a notable example.
		The BPG, located at the headquarters of NORAD and U. Northern Command, examines the nature of the defense relationship between Canada and the United States.
		With the NORAD agreement currently under renegotiation, a relatively new Northern Command coordinating homeland defense and civil support missions in the United States, and the birth of Canada Command, an integrated national command that is the cornerstone of Canadian defense transformation, the BPG has many variables to juggle.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Nov2005/20051103_3230.html (377 words)

	MITRE - News and Events - MITRE Publications - The MITRE Digest - Defense and Intelligence - Role of Unifying Disaster ...
		MITRE and USNORTHCOM are working together to manage and modernize the command's enterprise network, which includes links with the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, state emergency operations centers, local emergency response officials, Centers for Disease Control, first responders, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the National Guard.
		According to the command's mission statement, its primary role is to "deter, prevent, and defeat threats and aggression aimed at the United States," as well as to provide military assistance to civil authorities.
		MITRE's involvement with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, dates to 1958, the year after the command's formation.
	www.mitre.org /news/digest/defense_intelligence/06_06/di_northcom.html (1298 words)

	Keating Becomes NORAD, NORTHCOM Commander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz called Eberhart a "trailblazer" who had led in war and peace with "imagination, independence and strong influence." These are the same attributes Eberhart exhibited as a forward air controller flying 300 bombing missions in South Vietnam, Wolfowitz said.
		Keating also told members that the commands' bottom line is "securing liberty and maintaining the trust as the Canadian and American people expect and deserve." He concluded his remarks by saying that he and his wife, Wandalee, "are very proud to join this team and we ask God's continued blessings...on the United States and Canada."
		Prior to becoming director of the Joint Staff in October 2003, Keating was commander of Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=15856 (718 words)

	News From USJFCOM: Combatant command senior enlisted leaders gather for first conference
		Scott Frye of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command.
		U.S. Joint Forces Command's top senior enlisted leader was among a host of the military's top enlisted leaders who gathered for a historic first meeting at U.S. Northern Command headquarters in Colorado.
		Five of the nine U.S. combatant commands are “regional,” that is, they have geographical areas of responsibility.
	www.jfcom.mil /newslink/storyarchive/2005/no061005.htm (886 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With the approval of the President and Secretary of Defense, we have also developed effective rules of engagement for hostile acts over domestic airspace to ensure the safety of our citizens and the protection of critical infrastructure.
		We believe our NORAD air defense capabilities are the last line of defense; when NORAD interceptors are called to action, we are exercising the Nation's option of last recourse.
		This is a significant challenge in congested population areas due to volume of air traffic, as well as the northern regions in which general aviation serves as the primary means of travel between remote communities.
	www.house.gov /hasc/openingstatementsandpressreleases/107thcongress/02-03-14eberhart.html (2723 words)

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