FILE – NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24 ...

PHOENIX — The mission of NORAD is to monitor and defend North American airspace 24 hours a day, seven days a week. On Christmas Eve, however, NORAD adds one special mission: tracking Santa Claus ...

Santa Claus made his annual Christmas Eve journey from the North Pole to households around the world and, in keeping with decades of tradition, the North American Aerospace Command, or NORAD ...

RELATED: Santa's reindeer cleared to fly for Christmas Eve NORAD, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the United States and Canada, activated its Santa tracking system at 6 a.m. ET ...

Circumnavigating our planet bringing toys and joys is no simple task for Santa Claus and his high-flying reindeer, and whether Rudolph's red nose is needed or not this year, it’s still a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Starting at 3 a.m. today, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) turned on its sensors to track something very jolly in the skies. The NORAD Santa Tracker site went ...

While it's true that North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, keeps watch and wards off potential dangers to North American airspace 24/7, the agency has also tracked Father ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a bi-national organization between the United States and Canada dedicated to defending North America. NORAD’s responsibilities include ...