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DoD: Chinese spy balloon did not collect, transmit data over the US
Defense officials had previously said the spy balloon did not transmit data back to Beijing.
By Zamone Perez
Operation Triumphus crowdsources personal stories of the Vietnam War. Share yours now
Operation Triumphus, a new web platform, gathers the stories of Vietnam veterans from the source.
By Harm Venhuizen
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
The following is a letter to the editor and subsequent editorial that was first published in on Sept. 21, 1897, in The New York Sun.
‘Is this Santa Claus?’ A misprinted ad and a good-hearted colonel sparked NORAD’s Christmas tradition
When Col. Harry Shoup answered the hotline from the Pentagon in December 1955, a small boy asked for Santa Claus. What happened next started a beloved, six-decade-plus tradition.
US-Canadian disengagement was never on the ballot
Despite disagreements over the last four years, the U.S. and Canada must take advantage of their tradition of cooperation, especially in the Arctic, say the authors of this commentary.
By Charles Jacoby Jr. and Tom Lawson
Virus won’t stop 65th year of NORAD tracking Santa on Christmas Eve
Due to safety restrictions because of COVID-19, however, fewer volunteers allowed at the call center will mean not every child will get a live person when they call 1-877-Hi-NORAD.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
NORAD’s Canadian troops plan for a different holiday season at Peterson Air Force Base amid pandemic
Canada's quarantine policy has meant that jetting home for a weekend isn’t an option for the Canadian troops at Peterson Air Force Base.
By Tom Roeder, The Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette via the AP