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International Air Terrorism Hijack Drill Vigilant Eagle US Air Force Russia Canada Service members brief the press on the Vigilant Eagle training exercise and answer questions from the media. Part 1 of 2 NORAD, training, Alaskan NORAD Region, Vigilant Eagle NORAD, Russia Wrap up 'Vigilant Eagle' By By Air Force Capt. Sharbe Clark North American Aerospace Defense Command ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 11, 2010 — The storyline seemed to come straight from a Cold War suspense thriller, as North American Aerospace Defense Command forces working with their Russian counterparts tracked a "hijacked" aircraft across the Pacific Ocean, but this was no movie. NORAD and the Russia completed the first joint exercise designed to establish clear communication processes that would allow the two forces to work together during a real crisis. The three-day exercise, called "Vigilant Eagle," was an international air terrorism scenario conducted over the Pacific Ocean consisting of forces from the United States and Russia responding to the simulated hijacking of a B-757 en route to the Far East. NORAD’s planning and exercise directorate sprearheaded the exercise. Elements of the Transportation Security Administration's operations center, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the 611th Air and Space Operations Group, the 176th Air Control Squadron and the Alaska NORAD Region made up the US half of the exercise, while the air force navigation service's ...

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