[SIERA] Fwd: NORAD Exercises Today

[Glenn Thomas]

>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 8:00:20 -0700
>From: Don Carlson - KQ6FM
>Subject: NORAD Exercises Today
>
>If you are in Northern Nevada, you might want to be watching the 
>skies today.  Could be interesting.  Here is a release about it:
>
>NORAD exercise flights planned over Nevada skies
>
>TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -  The Continental United States NORAD 
>Region (CONR), a geographical component of the North American 
>Aerospace Defense Command, will conduct exercise flights Oct. 8 in 
>the skies over western Nevada.
>
>The flights will take place in the late morning and early afternoon 
>and people can expect to hear and see NORAD fighter aircraft as they 
>practice their intercept and identification procedures.
>
>The exercise has been carefully planned and will be closely 
>controlled to ensure NORAD's rapid response capability.  NORAD has 
>conducted exercise flights of this nature throughout the U.S. and 
>Canada since the start of Operation Noble Eagle, the command's 
>response to the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.
>
>As the Continental United States geographical component of the 
>bi-national command NORAD, CONR provides airspace surveillance and 
>control, and directs air sovereignty activities for the CONUS 
>region.  CONR and its assigned Air Force and Army assets throughout 
>the country ensure air safety and security against potential air threats.