COLORODA SPRINGS, COLORADO--NORAD (North American Aerosapce Defense Command) Commander Lori Robinson and Chief Master Sgt. Harold Hutchinson right NORADs Senior Enlisted Leader present the NORAD Senior Noncomisioned Officer of the Year award to Master Sgt James Burke a member of the 224th Air Defense Group of the New York Air National Guard on March 14 2017 during a ceremony at NORAD headquarters on Colorado Springs CO. The 224th Air Defense Group is manned by New York Air National Guard Airmen and is a component of the Easter Air Defense Sector which coordinates air defense for the United States east of the Mississippi and in the National Capitol District.