The holiday season has arrived and Santa’s elves have taken over the NORAD control room! Every holiday season, they come down from the North Pole to help NORAD Track Santa. Get an inside look at the command center in action as the man in red takes flight to practice for the big night. Be sure to track Santa with NORAD on December 24th. | NORAD Tracks Santa

#NORAD fighter jets accompany Santa as he travels through Canada and the United States. Canadian CF-18s and US F-15s, F-16s, F-22s, and F-35s have the honor of tipping their wings to Saint Nick. #NTS24 #NORADTracksSanta Photo Credit: Canadian CF-18: U.S. Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Briana Ross | U.S. F-16C: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lawrence Sena | NORAD Tracks Santa

Don’t listen for a clatter upon the roof on Christmas Eve but the roar of a fighter jet engine! Every year four RCAF CF-18 pilots support the NORAD Tracks Santa efforts by escorting Santa Claus through Canadian air space. Capt Sébastien Tremblay-Verreault from 3 Wing Bagotville recounts his magical, once in a lifetime experience, from Christmas Eve 2016. #NORADTracksSanta | Canadian Armed Forces