Middle East Air Defense (MEAD) is an example, as the regional integration of our partners’ air defense capabilities has helped detect and intercept the 8 unprecedented wave of missile and UAS attacks coming from the ITN.

Networked U.S. Allies and Partners develop capabilities that deter air and missile attacks, neutralize the proliferation and technological improvement of UAS, and enable self-defense and Partner control of the air domain during crisis or conflict.

CENTCOM operates with Component Commands - one for each of the U.S. armed services, along with a joint special operations component and a number of subordinate joint task forces. A list and short description of each Component Command is provided below:

CONR is presently divided into two defense sectors: the Western Air Defense Sector, with its headquarters located at McChord AFB, Washington; and the Eastern Air Defense Sector, with its headquarters located at Rome, New York.

Mar 7, 2024 · Just a year ago the U.S. Central Command area was on the verge of "improbable, unprecedented and transformative progress," said Army Gen. Michael E. Kurilla, commander of Centcom. "Today, the...

Sep 28, 2017 · Al Dhafra is the only location in the CENTCOM area of responsibility with E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control Systems, or AWACS. The job of both Kingpin and the AWACS is “to orient the shooter,” said Lt. Col. Neal Hinson, deputy commander of the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group.

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD / ˈ n ɔːr æ d /; French: Commandement de la Défense Aérospatiale de l'Amérique du Nord, CDAAN), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for ...

Apr 19, 2021 · July 24, 2024 - U.S. Central Command: "In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed three Iranian-backed Houthi missile launchers in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen".

We look at Ukraine, but we look at CENTCOM and the thousands and thousands and thousands of missile strikes, mortar strikes, rocket strikes that we have defended against and shot down. But more importantly, the sense of warning of being able to protect thousands and thousands and thousands of our allies in our foreign operating bases.

Among the capabilities headed to the Middle East are the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group, a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery, also called THAAD, and additional Patriot...