The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a United States and Canada bi-national organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America. Aerospace warning includes the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles, through mutual support arrangements with other commands.
NOME, Alaska – U.S. joint forces integrated air and land domain capabilities during Operation TUNDRA MERLIN near Nome, Alaska, Aug. 4 and 6, to signal the joint force’s ability to detect, track, and defeat simulated threats against the homeland.
The operation joined two F-35 Lightning II aircraft, two F-16 Fighting Falcons, and a KC-135 Stratotanker from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington and a AN/TP Q-53 radar system alongside Soldiers with the 11th Airborne Division. In the Alaskan theater of operations, under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command and Alaskan Command, combat crews exercised offensive and defensive counterair,...
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaskan Command successfully conducted a joint maritime operation, Oct. 16, with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) and two U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers in the Bering Sea along the Aleutian Island Chain. This operation demonstrated the capability of U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and its mission partners to deter maritime threats to the homeland.