Fencing 1220, a Gulfstream 4, departs Anchorage, Alaska in route to the Far East simulating a comercial 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.
| Date Taken: | 08.09.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 08.10.2010 11:40 |
| Photo ID: | 308245 |
| VIRIN: | 100809-A-6937H-474 |
| Resolution: | 1750x1164 |
| Size: | 1.08 MB |
| Location: | ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 84 |
| Downloads: | 31 |
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