North American Aerospace Defense Command(NORAD/ˈnɔːræd/;French:Commandement de la Défense Aérospatiale de l'Amérique du Nord,CDAAN), known until March 1981 as theNorth American Air Defense Command,is acombined organizationof theUnited StatesandCanadathat provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Canada and thecontinental United States.[4]
North American Aerospace Defense Command Commandement de la défense aérospatiale de l'Amérique du Nord | |
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Founded | 12 May 1958 (66 years, 9 months)[1] |
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Type | Binational Command |
Role | Conducting aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning in the defense of North America.[2] |
Headquarters | Peterson Space Force Base,Colorado Springs,Colorado, U.S. |
Motto(s) | We Have the Watch |
Emblem Colors | Blue
Turquoise Yellow |
Website | norad.mil |
Commanders | |
Commander | GenGregory M. Guillot,USAF[3] |
Deputy Commander | LGenBlaise F. Frawley,RCAF |
Vice Commander, U.S. Element | LTGThomas Carden,USA |
Command Senior Enlisted Leader | CMSgtJohn G. Storms,USAF |

Headquarters for NORAD and the NORAD/United States Northern Command(USNORTHCOM) center are located atPeterson Space Force BaseinEl Paso County,nearColorado Springs, Colorado.The nearbyCheyenne Mountain Complexhas the Alternate Command Center. TheNORAD commander and deputy commanderare, respectively, aUnited States four-star generalor equivalent and aCanadian lieutenant-generalor equivalent.
Command
editNORAD is headed by itscommander,who is afour-stargeneraloradmiralin theUnited States Armed Forces.The deputy commander is aRoyal Canadian Air Forcelieutenant general.Prior to the 1968 unification of theCanadian Forces,the deputy commander was an RCAFair marshal.[5]
The commander is responsible to theGovernment of Canada(theCrown-in-Council), through thechief of the Defence Staff,and to theGovernment of the United States,via thechairman of the joint chiefs of staff.The commander and deputy are each subject to their respective country's laws, policies, and directives.[6]Per the CanadianNational Defence Act,the chief of the Defence Staff relays orders from the Crown-in-Council, collectively, or guidance from theminister of national defence,alone, to the officers of theCanadian Armed Forces.[7]
Regions
editNORAD maintains a headquarters atPeterson Space Force BasenearColorado Springs, Colorado.The NORAD andUSNORTHCOMCommand Center at Peterson SFB serves as a central collection and coordination facility for a worldwide system of sensors designed to provide the commander and the leadership of Canada and the U.S. with an accurate picture of any aerospace or maritime threat.[8]NORAD has administratively divided the North American landmass into three regions:
- Alaska NORAD (ANR) Region –Eleventh Air Force(11 AF)
- Canadian NORAD (CANR) Region –1 Canadian Air Division(1 Cdn Air Div)
- Continental U.S. (CONR) Region –First Air Force(1 AF/CONR-AFNORTH)
Both the CONR and CANR regions are divided into eastern and western sectors.
Alaskan
editTheAlaskan NORAD Region(ANR) maintains continuous capability to detect, validate and warn off any atmospheric threat in its area of operations from its Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC) atJoint Base Elmendorf–Richardson,Alaska.
ANR maintains the readiness to conduct a continuum of aerospace control missions, which include daily air sovereignty in peacetime, contingency and deterrence in time of tension, and active air defense against manned and unmanned air-breathing atmospheric vehicles in times of crisis.
ANR is supported by both active duty and reserve units. Active duty forces are provided by 11 AF and theCanadian Armed Forces(CAF), and reserve forces provided by theAlaska Air National Guard.Both 11 AF and the CAF provide active duty personnel to the ROCC to maintain continuous surveillance of Alaskan airspace.
Canadian
editCanadian NORAD Region Headquarters is atCFB Winnipeg,Manitoba. It was established on 22 April 1983.[9]It is responsible for providing surveillance and control of Canadian airspace. TheRoyal Canadian Air Forceprovides alert assets to NORAD. CANR is divided into two sectors, the Canada East Sector and Canada West Sector. Both Sector Operations Control Centers (SOCCs) are co-located atCFB North Bay,Ontario. The routine operation of the SOCCs includes reporting track data, sensor status and aircraft alert status to NORAD headquarters. In 1996, CANR was renamed1 Canadian Air Divisionand moved toCFB Winnipeg.
Canadian air defense forces assigned to NORAD include409 Tactical Fighter SquadronatCFB Cold Lake,Alberta and425 Tactical Fighter SquadronatCFB Bagotville,Quebec. All squadrons fly theMcDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornetfighter aircraft.[10]
To monitor for drug trafficking, the Canadian NORAD Region monitors all air traffic approaching the coast of Canada, in cooperation with theRoyal Canadian Mounted Policeand the United States drug law enforcement agencies.[11]Any aircraft that has not filed a flight plan may be directed to land and be inspected by RCMP andCanada Border Services Agency.
Continental U.S.
editThis sectionneeds additional citations forverification.(May 2014) |
TheContinental NORAD Region(CONR) is the component of NORAD that provides airspace surveillance and control and directs air sovereignty activities for theContiguous United States(CONUS). Since the terrorist attacks ofSeptember 11, 2001,CONR has been the lead agency forOperation Noble Eagle,an ongoing mission to protect the continental United States from airborne attacks.[12]
CONR is the NORAD designation of the United States Air ForceFirst Air Force/AFNORTH. Its headquarters is located atTyndall Air Force Base,Florida. The First Air Force (1 AF) became responsible for the USAF air defense mission in September 1990. AFNORTH is the United States Air Force component ofUnited States Northern Command(NORTHCOM).
1 AF/CONR-AFNORTH comprisesAir National GuardFighter Wings assigned an air defense mission to 1 AF/CONR-AFNORTH on federal orders, made up primarily of citizen Airmen. The primary weapons systems are theMcDonnell Douglas F-15 EagleandGeneral Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falconaircraft.
It plans, conducts, controls, coordinates and ensures air sovereignty and provides for the unilateral defense of the United States. A combined First Air Force command post is at Tyndall Air Force Base. The US East ROCC (Eastern Air Defense Sector), Sector Operations Control Center (SOCC) is atRome, New York.The US West ROCC (Western Air Defense Sector) control center is atMcChord Field,Washington. Both maintain continuous surveillance of CONUS airspace.
In its role as the CONUS NORAD Region, 1 AF/CONR-AFNORTH also performs counter-drug surveillance operations.
History
editThe North American Air Defense Command was recommended by the Joint Canadian–U.S. Military Group in late 1956, approved by the U.S.Joint Chiefs of Staffin February 1957, and announced in August 1957.[13]NORAD's command headquarters was established on 12 September 1957 atEnt Air Force Base's 1954 blockhouse.[14]In 1958, Canada and the United States agreed that the NORAD commander would always be a United States officer, with a Canadian vice commander. Canada "agreed the command's primary purpose would be... early warning and defense for theStrategic Air Command's (SAC)'s retaliatory forces ".[15]: 252
In late 1958, Canada and the United States started theContinental Air Defense Integration North(CADIN) for theSemi-Automatic Ground Environmentair defense network.[15]: 253 The initial CADIN cost-sharing agreement between the two countries was signed in January 1959. Two December 1958 plans submitted by NORAD had "average yearly expenditure of around five and one half billions", including "cost of the accelerated Nike Zeus program" and threeBallistic Missile Early Warning System(BMEWS) sites.[16]
Canada's NORAD bunker atCFB North Baywith a SAGEAN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Centralcomputer was constructed from 1959 to 1963. Each of the USAF's eight smallerAN/FSQ-8 Combat Control Centralsystems provided NORAD with data and could command the entire United States air defense. The RCAF's 1950 "ground observer system, theLong Range Air Raid Warning System",was discontinued.[17]In January 1959, the United StatesGround Observer Corpswas deactivated.[15]: 222
The Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker's planned mission was expanded in August 1960 to "a hardened center from which CINCNORAD would supervise and direct operationsagainst space attackas well as air attack ".[18]In October 1960, the Secretary of Defense assigned, "operational command of all space surveillance toContinental Air Defense Command(CONAD) and operational control to North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) ".[19]
In December 1960, theJoint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) placed the Ent Air Force BaseSpace Detection and Tracking System(496L System withPhilco2000 Model 212 computer)[20]"under the operational control of CINCNORAD",[21]during the Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker excavation, and the joint SAC-NORAD exercise "Sky ShieldII ". In September 1962—" Sky Shield III "were conducted for mock penetration of NORAD sectors.[22]
In 1963, NORAD command center operations moved from Ent Air Force Base to the partially underground "Combined Operations Center" forAerospace Defense Commandand NORAD at theChidlaw Building.[23]PresidentJohn F. Kennedyvisited "NORAD headquarters" after the 5 June 1963United States Air Force Academygraduation. On 30 October 1964, "NORAD began manning" the Combat Operations Center in theCheyenne Mountain Complex.[21]
In 1965, about 250,000 United States and Canadian personnel were involved in the operation of NORAD,[failed verification][24]On 1 January 1966,Air Force Systems Commandturned the COC over to NORAD.[25]The NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex was accepted on 8 February 1966.[21]: 319
1968 reorganization
editUnited States Department of Defenserealignments for the NORAD command organization began on 15 November 1968 (e.g.,Army Air Defense Command(ARADCOM)).[26]By 1972, there were eight NORAD "regional areas... for all air defense".[27]The NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex Improvements Program (427M System)[25]became operational in 1979.[28]
False alarms
editOn at least three occasions, NORAD systems failed, such as on 9 November 1979, when a technician in NORAD loaded a test tape, but failed to switch the system status to "test", causing a stream of constant false warnings to spread to two "continuity of government"bunkers as well as command posts worldwide.[29]On 3 June 1980, and again on 6 June 1980, acomputer communicationsdevice failure caused warning messages to sporadically flash in U.S. Air Force command posts around the world that anuclear attackwas taking place.[30]
During these incidents,Pacific Air Forces(PACAF) properly had their planes loaded with nuclear bombs in the air.Strategic Air Command(SAC) did not and received criticism,[by whom?]because they did not follow procedure, even though the SAC command knew these were almost certainlyfalse alarms,as did PACAF.[citation needed]Both command posts had recently begun receiving and processing direct reports from the various radar, satellite, and other missile attack detection systems, and those direct reports simply did not match the erroneous data received from NORAD.[citation needed]
1980 reorganization
editFollowing the 1979 Joint US-Canada Air Defense Study, the command structure for aerospace defense was changed, e.g., "SAC assumed control ofballistic missile warning and space surveillance facilities"on 1 December 1979 from ADCOM.[31]: 48 The Aerospace Defense Command major command ended 31 March 1980. Its organizations in Cheyenne Mountain became the "ADCOM"specifiedcommand under the same commander as NORAD,[23]e.g., HQ NORAD/ADCOM J31 manned the Space Surveillance Center.
In 1982, a NORAD Off-site Test Facility[32]called the Test and Development Facility (TDF) was located at Peterson AFB.[33]TheDEW Linewas to be replaced with theNorth Warning System(NWS), theOver-the-Horizon Backscatter(OTH-B) radar was to be deployed, more advanced fighters were deployed, and E-3 SentryAWACS aircraftwere planned for greater use. These recommendations were accepted by the governments in 1985. The United States Space Command was formed in September 1985 as an adjunct, but not a component of NORAD.
NORAD was renamedNorth American Aerospace Defense Commandin March 1981.
Post–Cold War
editIn 1989, NORAD operations expanded to cover counter-drug operations, for example, tracking of small aircraft entering and operating within the United States and Canada.[34]DEW line sites were replaced between 1986 and 1995 by the North Warning System. The Cheyenne Mountain site was upgraded, but none of the proposedOTH-Bradars are currently in operation.
After theSeptember 11 attacks,the NORAD Air Warning Center's mission included the interior airspace of North America.[35]
The Cheyenne Mountain Realignment[36]was announced in July 2006, to consolidate NORAD's day-to-day operations atPeterson Air Force Base.[37]Cheyenne Mountain remains on "warm standby", staffed with support personnel.
Former NORAD Regions/Sectors | |||||||||||||
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970–1983 | 1984 | 1985–1986 | 1987 | 1988–1990 | 1991–1992 | 1993–1995 | 1996–2005 | 2006–2009 | |
20th Air Division | 1966–1967 | 1969–1983 | |||||||||||
21st Air Division | 1966–1967 | 1969–1983 | |||||||||||
22nd Air Division | 1966–1987 | ||||||||||||
23rd Air Division | 1969–1987 | ||||||||||||
24th Air Division | 1969–1990 | ||||||||||||
25th Air Division | 1966–1990 | ||||||||||||
26th Air Division | 1966–1990 | ||||||||||||
27th Air Division | 1966–1969 | ||||||||||||
28th Air Division | 1966–1969 | 1985–1992 | |||||||||||
29th Air Division | 1966–1969 | ||||||||||||
30th Air Division | 1966–1968 | ||||||||||||
31st Air Division | 1966–1969 | ||||||||||||
32nd Air Division | 1966–1969 | ||||||||||||
34th Air Division | 1966–1969 | ||||||||||||
35th Air Division | 1966–1969 | ||||||||||||
36th Air Division | 1966–1969 | ||||||||||||
Western Air Defense Sector(WADS) | 1987–1995 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Air Defense Sector(EADS) | 1987–2009 | ||||||||||||
Southeast Air Defense Sector(SEADS) | 1987–2005 | ||||||||||||
Southwest Air Defense Sector(SWADS) | 1987–1995 |
In popular culture
editIn film and television
editThe NORAD command center located underCheyenne Mountain,Colorado is a setting of the 1983 filmWarGamesand the television seriesJeremiahandStargate SG-1.In the 2014 filmInterstellar,NORAD dissolves and its headquarters is converted forNASA.[42]The 1970 movie,Colossus:The Forbin Projectis largely based on NORAD.
In season 25 episode 4 of the TV seriesSouth Park,NORAD is hacked into by Mr Mackey using late 1980s computer hardware.[43]
Santa tracker
editAs a publicity move on 24 December 1955, NORAD's predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), informed the press that CONAD was trackingSanta Claus'ssleigh,adding that "CONAD,Army,NavyandMarineAir Forces will continue to track and guard Santa and his sleigh on his trip to and from the U.S. against possible attack from those who do not believe in Christmas ". A Christmas Eve tradition was born,[44]known as the "NORAD Tracks Santa"program. Every year onChristmas Eve,"NORAD Tracks Santa" purports to track Santa Claus as he leaves theNorth Poleand delivers presents to children around the world. Today, NORAD relies on volunteers to make the program possible.[45]
See also
edit- 154th Wing
- Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate
- Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command
- Joint Surveillance System,(of USAF & FAA), replaces SAGE
- Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning,a Soviet/Russian equivalent.
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Currently, the North American Continent is divided into eight regional areas (fig 2) of air defense responsibility· Each region commander is responsible to CINCNORAD for all air defense activity within his designated area.… The average number of unknowns in the system has steadily declined over the years until now the number is approximately 40 per month.
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Further reading
edit- Andrea Charron, James Fergusson:NORAD: In Perpetuity and Beyond.McGill-Queen's/Brian Mulroney Institute of Government Studies in Leadership, Public Policy, and Governance. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal 2022. ISBN 978-0-2280-1400-3.