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Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group Vol. 1 No. 17 www.csmng.com Thursday, March 1, 2007 Base Briefs Basketball tournament The Fitness and Sports Center will KKeepingeeping host a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at 8:30 a.m. March 17. Each team must have at least two dormitory residents. the skies The tournament is free. The deadline the skies to register a team is March 15 at the fit- ness center front desk. For information, NORAD fighters were in call 556-1515 or 556-4462. clclearear the air within minutes fol- lowing the report that a small Summer camp aircraft crashed into a New York The National Military Family apartment building on Oct. 11, 2006. Association will host Operation Purple, Amalgam Arrow exercises are de- a summer camp for children of de- signed to test NORAD’s ployed service members. Colorado ability to detect un- Springs will have its first camp at the known aircraft. Air Force Academy’s Farish Recreation Area near Woodland Park from July 25 to 31. The free camps are funded through the NMFA and are open to ages 7 to 16 Sgt. Lance Cheung Master by Photo with a parent who has been deployed, orders to deploy, currently deployed or returning from deployment between May 2006 and September 2008. Camp size is limited to 120 youths. Visit www.operationpurple.org to register (beginning March 15) and for informa- tion. NORAD hones crisis response skills Airmen earn a commission The U.S. Air Force Academy Prior By Sgt. 1st Class Gail Braymen tions with the aircraft are lost, the FAA more than just hijacking scenarios on Enlisted Cadet Assembly is March 2 at Nearly once a month, North American notifies NORAD. NORAD personnel commercial jets, said Air Force Col. Steve the base auditorium. Two sessions are Aerospace Defense Command personnel then determine where the aircraft is, DePalmer, deputy director of NORAD available at 10:30 a.m. or 2:30 p.m. The hone their crisis response skills in a where it’s headed and whether fighters operations. An unknown aircraft could program allows single junior enlisted training exercise called Amalgam Arrow. need to be launched. also just be having trouble with its nav- Airmen ages 17 to 22 to earn a com- Amalgam Arrow exercises Amalgam Arrow exercises incorporate igation or communications mission by attending the Academy. For are relatively short – usually system. information contact Cadet 2nd Class lasting just one or two hours – “Are they simply undergoing Katie Newkirk at 333-3050. and are designed to test an emergency where they can’t NORAD’s ability to detect and talk to us, or they can’t navigate?” defend against unknown aircraft DePalmer asked. “Or do they More page 7 Briefs flying in Canada and the United have some other type of nefar- States. ious intentions that we need to For instance, if an aircraft de- find out about and then take an Targeting the enemy viates from its filed flight plan, appropriate action?” its identification beacon stops See NORAD page 9 B-1 bombers consistently defend broadcasting, or communica- ground troops. Page 3 Airline pilots visit NORAD, aim to secure skies By Petty Officer 1st Class ordination between airline Joaquin Juatai pilots and NORAD can help ensure that all involved in an inci- PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE — dent of this sort are working together to Members of the National Security ensure the incident is resolved safely. Committee of the international Air Line “We’re not coming to this conference Pilots Association visited the North with problems,” said Capt. Bob American Aerospace Defense Command tions division. Hesselbein, Chairman of ALPA’s National headquarters today to continue building “This is all about cooperation and Security Committee for the United States. on the ongoing relationship between the opening lines of communication,” said “We’re fine-tuning solutions.” ALPA and the commands charged with Capt. Craig Hall, the Director of ALPA’s “We need to be able to understand how defending the United States and Canada. National Security Committee for (NORAD does) business and how it in- Inside the Guardian The visit gave ALPA an opportunity Canada. “We want to make sure that, if teracts with what we do inside the to learn more about the missions and something happens, we coordinate what cockpit,” Hall said. NEWS 1-6 responsibilities of NORAD, as well as we do inside the cockpit with what While here, ALPA visitors received providing the pilots with a better idea NORAD does.” briefs on the NORAD mission and pro- CONGRATS 8 NORAD is charged with the mission of of airspace restrictions and procedures cedures and toured the Command tracking and, if necessary, directing the Centers at the NORAD headquarters HAPPENINGS 10 for coordinating with NORAD should intercept of any aircraft including com- building at Peterson Air Force Base and GO GET OUT 11 an in-flight incident occur, said Lt. Col. mercial airliners should an incident such the Cheyenne Mountain Directorate at Bob Hehemann, of NORAD’s opera- SPORTS 12 as a hijacking occur in midair. Close co- Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. SPACE GUARDIAN www.csmng.com Thursday, March 1, 2007 3 Photo by Steve Zapka Steve by Photo PUBLISHER Lon P. Matejczyk [email protected] EDITORIAL Editor Mike Boyd [email protected] Managing Editor Rob Larimer [email protected] Sports Reporter Walt Johnson [email protected] ADVERTISING Advertising Director/GM Tex Stuart [email protected] Kathleen Gannon [email protected] Mike Keplinger [email protected] Tabitha Kidd [email protected] Linda Stuart [email protected] Classified Ad Manager Emily Frazee [email protected] ART DEPARTMENT Art Director A B-1B Lancer releases a payload of inert weapons. The bomber’s 120,000-plus pounds of thrust can get it on top of America’s adversaries anywhere in the world. 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Unit first sergeants and commanders met That’s just one of the orders in a new, far- in late 2006 and early 2007 to discuss what reaching 50th Space Wing drinking-and- should be included in the new policy. driving policy directs the Public Affairs office Afterward, the 50th SW Judge Advocate to publish releasable information about any office reviewed the proposals and made rec- Airman arrested for driving under the influ- ommendations for a written policy. ence or driving while alcohol impaired. “I haven’t seen written DUI policies as According to Air Force Instruction 35- expansive as this one,” Hoversten said. Senior Airman Jason Ridder by Photo 101, “Public Affairs Policies and Procedures,” “Most bases have some sort of DUI policy, releasable material includes the names of in- whether written or unwritten, in an effort to dividuals charged with crimes, the date and deter drinking and driving.