The Watch - Homeland Defense

The North American Aerospace Defense Command conducted exercise Falcon Virgo over the national capital region in November 2024. FIRST AIR FORCE THE WATCH STAFF The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) executed an air-defense exercise in the Washington, D.C., region in November 2024 that integrated U.S. Air Force F-16…

Crew members from the Coast Guard cutter Vigilant (WMEC-617) offload more than 1,510 pounds of cocaine and 1,470 pounds of marijuana with a combined value of…

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton returned to port in November 2024 after an eventful 110-day deployment in the Arctic that involved tracking Russian…

A DHL freight aircraft at the DHL Air Hub, the air freight center at Leipzig/Halle Airport. In early November 2024, security officials blamed Russia for a plot…

The Yi Peng 3, a Chinese ship linked to Russian sabotage of undersea cables in November 2024, was halted in international waters by naval vessels from Denmark,…

U.S. Northern Command held the first demonstration of weapons to counter unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at Fort Carson, Colorado, in October 2024. One…

Crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Munro work on the flight deck during the contraband offload in San Diego on November 19, 2024. PETTY OFFICER 3RD…

Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words “AI Artificial Intelligence” in this illustration. REUTERS ILLUSTRATION REUTERS…

The C-Lion1 telecommunications cable is laid in the Baltic Sea by cable ship Ile de Brehat on the shore of Helsinki, Finland, on October 12, 2015. REUTERS…