Courtesy Video | Alaskan NORAD Region/Alaskan Command/11th Air Force | 02.19.2026
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft positively identified and intercepted Russian Tu-95 and Su-35 military aircraft near the Bering Strait Feb. 19, 2026. NORAD employs a layered defense network of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars and fighter aircraft to detect and track aircraft and inform appropriate actions. NORAD remains ready......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 08.28.2017
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Maple, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, completes an historic voyage through the Northwest Passage with assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard during the summer of 2017. This summer marks the 60th anniversary of three Coast Guard cutters and one Canadian ship that convoyed through the Northwest Passage, which are several passageways through the complex......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 08.21.2017
Josh Jones, graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, explains oceanographic science operations conducted aboard Coast Guard Cutter Maple during the crew's 2017 Northwest Passage transit through the Arctic from Alaska to Baltimore. Their transit marks the 60th anniversary of the Northwest Passage transit made by U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Storis, SPAR and Bramble,......
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ethan Schumacher | Defense Media Activity - Navy Production | 06.16.2017
Steamship Jeanette sinks after it was crushed in an arctic ice pack. U.S. Navy Hospital Corps is established. Largest aircraft carrier action in World War II began....
Video by Kevin Dawson | Defense Media Activity - Navy Production | 06.17.2016
The bark-rigged wooden steamship Jeannette sank. U.S. Navy Hospital Corps was established. The Battle of Phillippine Sea began....
