WINNIPEG Today is Christmas Eve and Santa is well on the journey to bringing gifts and holiday cheer to children around the world. But, how can you keep track of where Santa is and where he’s going? The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) can help as it uses its technology to monitor Santa’s whereabouts as he travels across the globe. “He’s making his way around the world very quickly this morning,” said Capt. Ken Jacobson, public affairs officer for the Canadian NORAD region. NORAD’s been tracking Santa for the past 65 years, with the help of its satellites, fighter jets and the north warning system with radar.
Out with the grim and in with some joy. NORAD tracks Santa through Maine Thu, 12/24/2020 - 10:45pm
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020
The U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, in collaboration with Canadian tracking teams, are on their game at this very moment,
tracking Santa Claus, as he and his reindeer make their way from the North Pole, and around the globe.
Around 10:50 p.m., Santa made his way through Maine with NORAD confirming his sighting in Brunswick and Augusta as he inched closer to 5.6 billion gifts delivered.
This annual mission has been underway since 1955, when a young child accidentally dialed the unlisted phone number of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, believing she was calling Santa Claus after seeing a promotion in a local newspaper.
The U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, in collaboration with Canadian tracking teams, are on their game at this very moment, tracking Santa Claus, as he and his reindeer make their way from the North Pole, and around the globe. Around 10.
Air Force says 4 Wing crew will help track Santa
SHARE ON: The Canadian Forces announced Thursday that Captain Tucker Densmore (right) from Halifax and Captain Sean Foster from Cold Lake are this year’s escort pilots out of 4 Wing - CAF
The North American Aerospace Defense Command has named the pilots and crew of the Royal Canadian Air Force that will help Santa make his 2020 deliveries and Cold Lake is represented once again.
The Canadian Forces announced Thursday that Captain Tucker Densmore from Halifax and Captain Sean Foster from Cold Lake are this year’s escort pilots out of 4 Wing. Corporal Edrendel Caddarao and Aviator Christopher Marsh are serving as maintainers.