Badger, Bear and Bison Intercepts

February 23, 2021March 2, 2021 - by The Watch

A history of NORAD’s Russian aircraft intercepts DR. BRIAN D. LASLIE U.S. and Canadian fighter aircraft intercepting Soviet — and later Russian — bombers has long been a mainstay of …

The storied history of Cheyenne Mountain

June 22, 2020June 24, 2020 - by The Watch

Brian D. Laslie, Ph.D. Photos by NORAD The idea of a hardened command center is older than the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) itself. It was January 15, 1956, when …

NORAD The Beginning

October 25, 2018 - by The Watch

Brian D. Laslie, Ph.D. It is always treacherous to ask a historian when an event began or ended. “It depends” will likely be the answer. Take, for example, the beginning …