(From left to right) George Sweanor, a retired 98-year-old Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron Leader and World War II veteran, Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and Northern Command, and Spc. Jake Hauser, assigned to NORTHCOM, cut a celebratory cake during the NORAD 60th Anniversary Ceremony on Peterson Air Force Base Colorado, May 12, 2018. The ceremony and static display of various NORAD aircraft was the culmination of a three-day event, which included a media tour of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, the dedication of a cairn outside th


(From left to right) George Sweanor, a retired 98-year-old Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron Leader and World War II veteran, Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and Northern Command, and Spc. Jake Hauser, assigned to NORTHCOM, cut a celebratory cake during the NORAD 60th Anniversary Ceremony on Peterson Air Force Base Colorado, May 12, 2018. The ceremony and static display of various NORAD aircraft was the culmination of a three-day event, which included a media tour of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, the dedication of a cairn outside the commands' headquarters building memorializing the Canadians who have passed away while serving NORAD, and a fly over in missing-man formation performed by the Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds aerial demonstration team.


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