North American Aerospace Defense Command
Events (129)
- August 14, 1998: Richard Myers Becomes New NORAD Commander 1998-08-14
- Between August 15, 1998 and February 22, 2000: NORAD Radar System and Control Software Inadequate, Commander Finds 1998-08-15
- December 2-4, 1998: NORAD Runs an Exercise in Which Simulated Information Is Injected into Its Radar Systems 1998-12-02
- January 9, 1999: NORAD Holds an Exercise Based on Terrorists Planning to Crash a Plane into the White House 1999-01-09
- March 24, 1999-2001: NEADS Officer Presents Briefing on Threat of Terrorists Crashing Planes into Buildings 1999-03-24
- October 25, 1999: Golfer Payne Stewart Dies in Plane Crash; Incident Raises Questions about Shooting Down Off-Course Planes 1999-10-25
- November 6, 1999: NORAD Conducts Exercise Scenario Based around Hijackers Planning to Crash Plane into UN Headquarters in New York 1999-11-06
- June 5, 2000: NORAD Exercise Simulates Hijackers Planning to Crash Planes into White House and Statue of Liberty 2000-06-05
- October 16-23, 2000: NORAD Exercise Includes Scenarios of Attempted Suicide Plane Crashes into UN Headquarters in New York 2000-10-16
- June 1-2, 2001: Military Conducts Exercises Based on Scenario in which Cruise Missiles Are Launched against US 2001-06-01
- September 6, 2001: NORAD Exercise Includes Terrorist Hijackers Threatening to Blow Up Airliner 2001-09-06
- September 7-8, 2001: High Level Air Force Discussions Call for Dismantling NORAD’s Alert Sites 2001-09-07
- September 9-11, 2001: NORAD Begins Northern Vigilance Military Operation 2001-09-09
- September 10, 2001: Training Exercise Scenario at NORAD’s Southeast Sector Involves Cubans Hijacking Plane, Wanting to Go to New York 2001-09-10
- September 10, 2001: NORAD Setting Stage for Major Exercise, Preparing for Possible Russian Reaction 2001-09-10
- September 10, 2001: Russian Air Force Begins Week-Long Exercise; Monitored by US Fighters 2001-09-10
- (1998-September 10, 2001): NORAD Operations Center Runs Five ‘Hijack Training Events’ Each Month 2001-09-10
- Between September 1999 and September 10, 2001: NORAD Exercises Simulate Plane Crashes into US Buildings; One of Them Is the World Trade Center 2001-09-10
- Before September 11, 2001: US Government Prepares for Hijackings, Some of Them Involving Multiple Planes 2001-09-11
- Late Afternoon September 11, 2001: Boeing 757 Permitted to Fly FBI Agents from San Francisco to Washington 2001-09-11
- Before September 11, 2001: Fighters Regularly Launch within Minutes of Scramble Order in Response to Suspicious Aircraft 2001-09-11
- (10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Notified of Suspected Hijacked Aircraft out of Canada 2001-09-11
- 10:02 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Commander Eberhart Declares ‘Concern’ over the Crisis 2001-09-11
- (10:03 a.m.-10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Crashes; Seven-Minute Discrepancy on Exact Timing of Crash 2001-09-11
- 10:05 a.m.-10:08 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Alerted to Flight 93, Reportedly for the First Time 2001-09-11
- (10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military Put on High Alert 2001-09-11
- (10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Suspected Hijacked Aircraft Reportedly Heading for NORAD Operations Center in Colorado 2001-09-11
- 10:12 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Still Receiving False Radar Information for Training Exercise, Wants It Stopped 2001-09-11
- (10:13 a.m.-10:23 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Projected Flight 93 Arrival into Washington; Could It Have Been Shot Down? 2001-09-11
- 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Closes Blast Doors Due to Warning of Hijacked Plane 2001-09-11
- 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Sectors Told Peacetime Rules of Engagement Still Apply 2001-09-11
- (Shortly After 1:05 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Suspicious Truck Carrying Arab-Looking Men Is Reportedly Heading Toward NORAD’s Operations Center 2001-09-11
- (11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Implements Cold War Era Plan to Clear Skies 2001-09-11
- (Shortly Before 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Learns of Korean Airlines Flight Mistakenly Believed Hijacked 2001-09-11
- (12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Launches Fighters to Follow Suspicious Korean Airlines Plane 2001-09-11
- 12:40 p.m. September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Updates Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Informs Him of the Final Rules of Engagement for Fighters 2001-09-11
- 1:25 p.m.-2:29 p.m. September 11, 2001: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Receives Conflicting Information about Suspicious Korean Airlines Jet 2001-09-11
- (3:50 p.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Arranges to Transport FBI Crisis Response Unit Back to Washington as Matter of Priority 2001-09-11
- (After 6:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA and Military Won’t Say if Fighters Were Launched in Response to Hijackings 2001-09-11
- (6:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD on Alert for Emergency Exercises 2001-09-11
- (8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center in Colorado Participating in ‘Simulated Air War’ Training Exercise 2001-09-11
- (8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Controller Suspects Something Seriously Wrong with Flight 11, but NORAD Not Notified 2001-09-11
- 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Flight Control Tells Other Centers about Hijack, but Not NORAD 2001-09-11
- (8:30 a.m.-8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CONR Commander Arnold in Teleconference, Unavailable to Immediately Authorize Scrambling of Fighters 2001-09-11
- 8:30 a.m.-8:40 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Informed of Hijacking; NORAD Still Not Notified 2001-09-11
- 8:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: US Military Holding ‘Practice Armageddon’ Nationwide Training Exercise 2001-09-11
- (8:38 a.m.-8:43 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Personnel Mistake Hijacking for Part of an Exercise 2001-09-11
- (8:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Flight Control Notifies NEADS, Against Normal Procedures; Timing Disputed 2001-09-11
- (8:38 a.m.-8:52 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Calls NORAD Public Affairs Officer 2001-09-11
- (8:38 a.m.-9:28 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Does Not Contact Pentagon Command Center about the Hijackings 2001-09-11