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NORAD tracks when Santa Claus is comin’ to town

 Volunteers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command are getting ready to monitor Santa Claus as he makes his Christmas flight. Technology and social media have become key to the annual effort, and NORAD Tracks Santa has already attracted a record 1.5 million Facebook “likes.” NORAD volunteers will spend Christmas Eve answering phone calls and […] Read More →

U.S., Canadian jets intercept 8 Russian aircraft

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.   Two F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that neared the western coast of Alaska, military officials said Friday. Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said the U.S. jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about […] Read More →

Cold War II: Russian Nuclear Bombers Conduct 16 Incursions Of U.S. Air Defense Zones

Defense officials say Putin is testing U.S. command and control systems  Russian strategic nuclear bombers have flown into northwestern U.S. air defense identification zones at least sixteen times over the past ten days, according to Pentagon officials. The incursions by Tu-95 Russian Bear H bombers are unprecedented, Defense experts say, leading some to believe that […] Read More →

History: For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, (CONAD) have tracked Santa�s flight.

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight. The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement misprinted the telephone number for children to call Santa. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD […] Read More →

OH MY GOD: As NORAD Tracks Santa, critics track NORAD

The U.S. and Canadian military’s beloved Santa Tracker is facing something new this year — public criticism. A children’s advocacy group says an animated video on the NORAD Tracks Santa website injects militarism into Christmas by showing fighter jets escorting Santa’s sleigh. It’s a rare swipe at the popular Christmas Eve program that gives second-by-second […] Read More →