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  • Dooley and Lamarche Graduate from Senior NCO Academy

    Two New York Air National Guardsmen from the Eastern Air Defense Sector graduated last week from the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officers Academy at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala. Senior Master Sgt. Maureen Dooley, Rome, and Master Sgt. Jeffrey Lamarche, Deansboro, finished

  • Washington, D.C. Airmen Join Eastern Air Defense Sector

    The nation's largest Air National Guard is now a little larger.In a ceremony here March 8, Major General Patrick Murphy, the Adjutant General of New York, administered the oath of enlistment into the 6,000-member New York Air National Guard to Airmen who formerly served as the 24th Expeditionary Air

  • EADS Recognizes Outstanding Performers at Annual Awards Banquet

    Nearly 200 New York Air National Guardsmen, Canadian Forces members, federal civilians and guests were in attendance at the Radisson Hotel in Utica last Friday as the Eastern Air Defense Sector recognized its outstanding performers from 2010. EADS employs more than 400 active-duty military, federal

  • EADS Undertakes Special Christmas Eve Mission: Track Santa Claus

    New York Air National Guardsmen from the Eastern Air Defense Sector will play a key role Friday night as the North American Aerospace Defense Command tracks Santa Claus and his reindeer."NORAD has supported Santa Claus' Christmas Eve operations for more than 50 years and we are always delighted to

  • EADS Volunteers Support Local Red Kettle Drive

    More than 40 volunteers from the Eastern Air Defense Sector braved the wind, cold and occasional lake effect snow squall last Wednesday to ring the bell for the Salvation Army's Red Kettle drive at Rome's Walmart Supercenter. The oldest annual charitable fundraiser of its kind, the drive raises

  • F-4 Phantom Jet Moved to Permanent Display at Eastern Air Defense Sector

    A restored version of one the U.S. Air Force's most renowned combat planes is now on permanent display outside the Eastern Air Defense Sector. Perched on a pedestal 15 feet above a small pond at the facility's southwest edge, the imposing 47-year-old F-4 Phantom jet demands attention. "The elevated

  • EADS Surges for Annual Vigilant Shield Exercise

    The Eastern Air Defense Sector participated in a continent-wide training exercise last week with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the U.S. Northern Command, and federal, state and local agencies from across the United States and Canada. Vigilant Shield '11 evaluated tactics, techniques

  • EADS Joins Rome Area Officials at Veterans Day Ceremony

    New York Air National Guardsmen and Canadian Forces members from the Eastern Air Defense Sector honored military veterans of both nations this morning in a ceremony at Rome's Memorial Park.Led by Lt. Col. Elise Hereth, EADS Deputy Commander, Support, and Lt. Col. Joseph MacMillan, Canadian Forces,

  • EADS Canadian-American Honor Guard Opens Local Hockey Team's Home Season

    The Eastern Air Defense Sector provided a bi-national honor guard Wednesday night for the home ice opener of Rome's new minor league hockey team.Composed of New York Air National Guardsmen and Canadian Forces members, the five-man detachment presented the American and Canadian flags during the