NORAD Equals Homeland Defense
Posted on June 9, 2017 by Katie Lange
By Jim Garamone,
The common defense of the North American continent traces its history back to 1940, when Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt met to discuss the war in Europe and mutual defense concerns. In September 1957, the two nations agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD), headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as a bi-national command, centralizing operational control of continental air defenses.
NORAD was born in 1958 as the North American Air Defense Command with a mission to defend North America from a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union. It has morphed over the years into the military homeland defense organization for the United States and Canada.
The command is closely aligned with U.S. Northern Command, and Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson commands both NORAD and Northcom. Her headquarters is in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The deputy commander of NORAD is Royal Canadian Air Force Lt. Gen. Pierre St-Amand.
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