Images: Exercise Vigilant Eagle 2011 [Image 9 of 10]
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(Left to Right) Canadian Col. Todd Balfe, deputy director, Alaskan NORAD Region; Staff Sgt. Yevgeniy Maksimov, interpreter, Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Russian Col. Alexander Tikhonov, editor star; and Russian Col. Alexander Vasilyev, Russian Air Force Academy, discuss mission details on board the “Track of Interest” during Exercise Vigilant Eagle, Aug. 7, 2011. The exercise provided the opportunity for Russia, Canada and the United States to enhance their interagency partnership to cooperatively identify, intercept and follow a suspected hijacked aircraft as it proceeded across international boundaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Uriah Orland)
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