Thu, Aug 05, 2010
First Ever Cooperative Defense Exercise To Take Place In
Alaska, Far East
The Russian Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense
Command will conduct their first cooperative air defense exercise,
NORAD officials announced Tuesday. Russia's Federal Air
Navigational Service and the FAA also will be involved in the
exercise, officials said, along with the military air operations
centers at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and Khabarovsk,
Russia.
The exercise, named Vigilant Eagle, will take place next week,
and it involves Russian, Canadian and U.S. personnel operating from
command centers in Russia and the United States. It's authorized
under a cooperative military agreement that tasks NORAD -- a
binational U.S. and Canadian command -- and the Russian air force
to conduct a "live-fly" exercise for up to five days, officials
said.
It will consist of two international flights: one originating in
Alaska and traveling to the Far East, followed by one originating
in the Far East and traveling to Alaska. Both flights will follow
the same route, officials said. In the exercise scenario, a
U.S.-flagged commercial air carrier on an international flight has
been taken over by terrorists, and the crew will not respond to
communications. The scenario creates a situation that requires both
the Russian air force and NORAD to launch or divert fighter
aircraft to investigate and follow the airliner.
The exercise will focus on shadowing and the cooperative
hand-off of the monitored aircraft between fighters of the
participating nations, officials explained.
Airborne warning and control aircraft from Russia and the United
States will be involved, along with fighter-interceptor aircraft
and refueling aircraft from both countries.
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