Keywords: Vigilant10Eagle.jpg Canadian Forces Col Todd Balfe deputy commander Alaska NORAD Region and Russian Air Force Col Alexander Vasilyev on board Fencing 1220 Aug 8 discussing the handover of the track of interest from the NORAD E3 Sentry an airborne warning and control platform to its Russian counterpart the A50 Mainstay somewhere over the north Pacific Ocean Vigilant Eagle is a cooperative exercise involving the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Russian Air Force The exercise scenario creates a situation that requires both the Russian Air Force and NORAD to launch or divert fighter aircraft to investigate and follow a hijacked airliner The exercise focuses on shadowing and the cooperative hand-off of the monitored aircraft between fighters of the participating nations en wikipedia original text 1 https //www dvidshub net/image/308247/vigilant-eagle VlU76HarSM8 US Air Force PD-USGov Original upload log en wikipedia Vigilant10Eagle jpg wikitable - 2015-11-25 04 42 450×310× 53740 bytes LavaBaron Uploading a public-domain item using File Upload Wizard Uncategorized 2016 May 6 |