Bear Picture on the way, I hope
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alfa6 ;>}
Posted on 09/29/2006 6:14:53 PM PDT by Clive
News Release
NORAD intercepts Russian aircraft
NORAD - September 29, 2006
WINNIPEG, MAN. –
North American Aerospace Defense Command launched three pairs of fighters Thursday evening from the command's Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) and the Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR) in response to Russian aircraft that penetrated North America’s Air Defense Identification Zone, according to NORAD officials.
“While the Russian air assets at no time violated Canadian or U.S. airspace, integrated air defense assets in and around CANR and ANR were able to detect, intercept and identify a number of the Russian Tu-95 Bear heavy bombers participating in an annual Russian air force exercise near the coast of Alaska and Canada,” said Maj. Gen. Brett Cairns, NORAD director of operations. “F-15s launched out of ANR intercepted the bombers off the west coast of Alaska. CF-18 fighters also launched out of CANR, but did not intercept any of the bombers,” said Cairns.
NORAD is a bi-national Canadian and United States organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America. Aerospace warning includes the monitoring of man-made objects in space, and the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles, utilizing mutual support arrangements with other commands. Aerospace control includes ensuring air sovereignty and air defense of the airspace of Canada and the United States.
While this response to the Russian bombers shows how NORAD continues to monitor the air approaches to North America, NORAD’s mission also focuses on airspace within North America. Since Sept. 11, 2001, NORAD has scrambled or diverted more than 2,200 times to execute its aerospace control mission for North America.
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Glad that they are still watching.
One thing, I'm guessina "CF-18" stands for Candaian F-18. Am I right?
Pray that this was just a mistake by the Russian pilots....
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Another ping.
Busy day.
sigh
Typical behavior to test our response.
I don't know...
I wouldn't think they'd send some antiquated bombers to test us....
Too much Vodka I guess.
Good to see our guys are still ready for anything.
"Pray that this was just a mistake by the Russian pilots"
Doubt it, soemthing similiar happened a couple months ago.
You're right - nothing new here. It is annoying, but the Russians just wanted to see what would happen.
Bear Picture on the way, I hope
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Nice...
mean lookin birds, that's for sure..
Where did you get an old 1985 post? This is 2006? Oh my!
Found it faster than I thought :-)
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
It's starting to look more and more like the Islamic puppet masters are China and Russia.
Ironically, the CF-18 has turned out to be a bit of a problem child for the Canadian air force. They rejected the US-standard avionics package and went with stuff made by other vendors, including Lucas.
I don't think I need to say any more.
YepPray that this was just a mistake by the Russian pilots....
Training. SOS different year.
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