North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a three-day exercise, Falcon Virgo 10-06, beginning Tuesday and ending Thursday in the skies over the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C.). There will be two flights per night on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the first flight scheduled to take place between midnight until 2 a.m.EDT and the second between 4-6 a.m. EDT. There will be one flight on Thursday, which is scheduled between midnight and 2 a.m. EDT.

The Pentagon Channel’s SSgt Brian Buckwalter interviews Gen Victor Renuart, Commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, about NORTHCOM’s current and future role in protecting America.

U.S. defense strategy and goals are outlined in the latest Quadrennial Defense Review.

The 2010 Winter Olympics begin in two weeks and NORAD will be providing security.

The Coast Guard sent three vessels to break up ice jams in Maine.

A fierce gun battle broke out between Afghan national security forces and a team of Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan Friday.

The Oklahoma National Guard is on duty responding to a major winter storm sweeping through the state.

The Navy celebrates its first female commander of a carrier strike group.

The Army is converting its brigades from Cold War skills to those more relevant to the 21st century.

North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights Jan. 14 in the skies over the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C.).  The flights will take place beginning around midnight and continue into the early morning hours Friday.  In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will take place the following day.  People can expect to hear and see NORAD fighter aircraft, Civil Air Patrol aircraft, and Coast Guard helicopters as they participate in these exercises.

The exercise has been carefully planned and will be closely controlled to ensure NORAD’s rapid response capability.  NORAD has conducted exercise flights of this nature throughout the U.S. and Canada since the start of Operation Noble Eagle, the command’s response to the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.

Four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist were killed Wednesday in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan.

Some members of the Indiana National Guard are back home just in time to celebrate the new year.

Lt. Gen. Michael Oates took command of the Joint IED Defeat Organization Wednesday.

The Air Force has a new eye in the sky over Afghanistan.

NORAD forced a man in a stolen plane to land Wednesday in Florida.

About 200 South Carolina National Guard troops are home for the holidays.

For some military families Christmas will be extra special because they’ll be spending it with their loved ones who’ve just returned from war.

Home for the holidays. That probably means a lot to the Soldiers of the 138th Quartermaster based in Brazil, Indiana.

Commander in Chief Barack Obama has nominated Navy Vice Admiral James Winnefeld to be the next Commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command or NORAD.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR) exercise scheduled to begin later tonight in the Washington D.C. area will be postponed 24 hours due to weather.

The one-day exercise, Falcon Virgo 10-03, will begin late Thursday evening and continue into the early morning hours Friday in the National Capital Region.