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Stock photo of the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, 23 December 2020. 2020 marks the 65th Anniversary of the NORAD Christmas tradition DoD Photo by Thomas Paul.

NORAD tracks Santa 2025

by NORAD December 24, 2025December 23, 2025

The NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center begins preparations to track Santa on December 24, 2024 in hanger 123, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is a U.S. and Canada bi-national command charged with the missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America. On Dec. 24, NORAD has the special mission of tracking Santa, using the same satellites, radar, and fighter jets it uses twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, to track anything that flies in or around the North American continent. (Department of Defense photo by Thomas Paul)

NORAD tracks Santa 2025

by NORAD December 24, 2024December 24, 2024

Nearly 1,000 volunteers cycled through the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, between 4 a.m. and 10 p.m. Dec. 24, 2022. Volunteers providing updated information on Santa's location and gifts delivered worked in two-hour shifts answering phone calls from children and adults located around the globe. (Department of Defense photo by Chuck Marsh)

NORAD tracks Santa 2023

by NORAD December 24, 2023December 23, 2023

Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Burgess, standing, and Maj. Bonnie Bosworth of the New York Air National Guard’s 224th Air Defense Squadron train for Santa tracking operations on Dec. 16 at the Eastern Air Defense Sector headquarters in Rome, N.Y. Part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), EADS is responsible for the air defense of the eastern U.S. Photo by Master Sgt. Kim Dagata, 224th Air Defense Group.

NORAD Tracks Santa

by NORAD December 24, 2022December 24, 2022

Stock photo of the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, 23 December 2020. 2020 marks the 65th Anniversary of the NORAD Christmas tradition DoD Photo by Thomas Paul.

NORAD tracks Santa 2020

by NORAD December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

NORAD tracks Santa 2019

by NORAD December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

NORAD tracks Santa 2018

by NORAD December 23, 2018December 24, 2018

Live: NORAD tracks Santa 2017

by NORAD December 23, 2017

Live: NORAD tracks Santa

by NORAD December 23, 2016

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