NORAD and Russia Joint Air Defense Drills

[+Erik 1,731]

 

 

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Russian Air Force will hold their first-ever joint air defense exercise on August 8-11, NORAD said.

 

The exercise, dubbed VIGILANT EAGLE, involves Russian, Canadian and U.S. Air Force personnel operating from command centers at the Elmendorf airbase in Alaska, and in Khabarovsk, Russia.

 

"Airborne warning and control aircraft [AWACS E-3B and A-50] from Russia and the United States will be involved along with fighter-interceptor aircraft and refueling aircraft from both countries," NORAD said in a statement on Tuesday.

 

The exercise scenario, put together by NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, will create a situation that requires both the Russian Air Force and NORAD to launch or divert fighter aircraft to investigate and follow a U.S. flagged commercial air carrier on an international flight that has been taken over by terrorists.

 

The exercise will be carried out under a cooperative military agreement between Russia and the United States, which tasks NORAD, the bi-national U.S. and Canadian command, and the Russian Air Force to conduct a live-fly exercise for up to five days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIA NOVOSTI

[exhausted 55]

Cool.

[Sakai 2]

Very cool, yet another thing no one would have thought of happening in 1988! lol, love this stuff, thanx Erik!!!

[Gr.Viper 131]

Heh.. I hope that that Russian Navy aircraft storage facility burning down with 200 aircraft worth nearly $700 million in it won't affect the exercise.

Edited August 4, 2010 by Gr.Viper

[Stingray72 6]

Dang, Viper beat me to the first mishap poke lol.

 

Viper, I saw the header and was totally coming in here to leave one

[Canadair 16]

I think this is absolutely wonderful. Working togheter against the REAL enemies