Nov. 19, 2024 Air Forces Northern and Mexico’s Defense Forces completed AMALGAM EAGLE-24 live-fly air defense and search and rescue exercise Mexican armed forces, the U.S. Department of Defense and interagency partners, participated in AMALGAM EAGLE 2024, a live-fly exercise, November 13-14, 2024, in multiple locations throughout the U.S. and Mexico.
May 6, 2024 1AF member rescues mother, three children after SUV tumbles on bridge Capt. Bryon Adams Jr, chief, A2 operations division, CONR-1AF (AFNORTH and AFSPACE), crawled through broken glass into an overturned SUV to rescue a mother and her three children following a rollover accident near Tyndall AFB, Fla.
Aug. 17, 2022 Hiker rescued through Civil Air Patrol, Air Force, Army National Guard, Oregon officials' teamwork Civil Air Patrol’s National Cell Phone Forensics Team provided coordinates that led to the helicopter rescue Aug. 14 of a seriously injured hiker near Mount Washington, about 90 miles northeast of Eugene, Oregon.
June 17, 2021 CONR-1AF conducts first-ever in theater C-17 special refueling operations during AD 21-1 In support of the North American Aerospace Defense and Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) homeland defense missions, Continental U.S. NORAD Region – 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) achieved a first-ever milestone June 16 when U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 140th Wing,
April 8, 2021 1AF leadership gets overview of air and space mission sets during visits to Peterson and Buckley Air Force Bases On March 11, the U.S. Air Force named First Air Force as the air component to U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM). Last week, starting with two visits to bases in Colorado, the 1AF team became actively engaged in learning more about the potential of its new role and expanded responsibilities.