In November 2007, NORAD dispatched an F-22 assigned to the 302nd Fighter Squadron to intercept a Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bomber flying near Alaska’s coastline.

NORAD can move its full operations into the bunker during an emergency but normally runs from nearby Peterson, Davis said. "There was just a recognition that we had gotten too big for the mountain ...

NORAD's number was inadvertently listed in ad inviting kids to call Santa; NORAD got calls from 220 countries and territories last year; Trackers answered more than 111,000 calls, breaking last ...

A tradition was born, and NORAD has opened up its phone lines for its annual Santa Tracker ever since. Last year, hundreds of volunteers, including many NORAD employees and Michelle Obama, fielded ...

NORAD tracks Santa Claus on Christmas Eve and Day 00:19. Santa Claus made his annual trip from the North Pole on Christmas Eve to deliver presents to children all over the world. And like it does ...

Lieutenant Sean Carter works with the NORAD team and 1,500 volunteers every Christmas Eve to accurately track Santa's whereabouts across the globe. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

NORAD’s tradition is one of the few modern additions to the centuries-old Santa story that have endured, according to Gerry Bowler, a Canadian historian who spoke to the AP in 2010.

NORAD uses these cameras only once a year -- on Dec. 24. They turn the cameras on about an hour before Santa enters a country and then switch them off after capturing images of him and the reindeer.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will conduct an air defense exercise on Tuesday, February 14, between midnight and 2:30 a.m. EST, according to officials, around the ...