NORAD, Russian Air Force make history with combined efforts

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Fencing 1220, a Gulfstream 4, departs Anchorage, Alaska in route to the Far East simulating a commercial Boeing 757 taken over by terrorists prompting reaction from NORAD and the Russian Federation Air Forces, Aug. 8. 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. (Army photo by Maj. Michael Humphreys)

PHOTO BY: Maj. Michael Humphreys

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