ROME, N.Y. — New York Air National Guardsmen and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel assigned to the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) will play a key role Christmas Eve as the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa Claus and his reindeer. “NORAD has supported Santa Claus’ Christmas Eve operations for 60 years and […]
The newest film in the Stars Wars franchise has set a box office record for an opening weekend in the United States and Canada. Star Wars: The Force Awakens generated $238 million in ticket sales since its release Thursday. Worldwide sales brought in $517 million. The figures shatter previous records set by Jurassic World, the […]
ISLAMABAD—U.S. defense officials say six American soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack targeting NATO troops near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the biggest U.S. military facility in the war-torn country. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity about what was one of the deadliest attacks on foreign soldiers this year in Afghanistan. Earlier, […]
The new terror alert system used to inform the public of terror threats, has received an upgrade, and that upgrade was unveiled by the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday. Gone is the familiar five-layer, green-to-red, color-coded system that was introduced during the Bush administration following the 9-11 attacks, and set aside […]