Ralph Edward "Ed" Eberhart is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He served as the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He was in charge of NORAD during the September 11 attacks in 2001.
General Ralph E. "Ed" Eberhart
General Eberhart in 2003
Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command General Ralph E. Eberhart Arrived at RAF Mildenhall.
Eberhart provides remarks as keynote speaker at the 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters on Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 11, 2021.
United States Northern Command
The United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) is one of eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. The command is tasked with providing military support for non-military authorities in the U.S., and protecting the territory and national interests of the United States within the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, The Bahamas, and the air, land and sea approaches to these areas. It is the U.S. military command which, if applicable, would be the primary defender against an invasion of the U.S.
NORAD-USNORTHCOM headquarters at the Eberhart-Findley Building on Peterson Space Force Base
Attendees pay respects during the playing of the American national anthem at the NORAD-USNORTHCOM change of command ceremony on 23 May 2018.
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