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Multiple U.S. Air National Guard units, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Civil Air Patrol participated in a Aerospace Control Alert CrossTell Event, May 23-25, 2017, here at the 177th Fighter Wing.
The CrossTell exercise was planned to provide alert facilities and opportunity to hone their communication and coordination procedures during a scenario simulating a temporary flight restriction.
“This is an amazing experience for us to get all members of the engagement team, from US Secret Service to air defense sectors, to U S Coast guard, USAF, to the Air National Guard to talk about how we do things to optimize how we use the engagement chain for defense of the U.S.,” said Col. Bradford Everman, Operations Group commander of the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard.
Participants in the exercise included Air National Guard units from New Jersey, South Carolina and Washington D.C. in addition to the U.S. Coast Guard and the Civil Air Patrol. All participants are currently tasked to provide safe and secure airspace for whatever temporary flight restrictions that are being enforced. The primary mission objective is to safely escort violators out of restricted airspace.
“Cross Tell was a tremendous success,” said Brig. Gen. Daniel J. Orcutt, vice commander 1st Air Force. “We were able to execute 3 days’ worth of flying with 2 ‘Go’s’ per day, fighters, Civil Air patrol, helicopter units in a very important training exercise that supports operation Noble Eagle homeland defense mission.”
Since September 11, 2001, NORAD aircraft have conducted more than 1,800 intercepts of non-military aircraft under Operation Noble Eagle.
| Date Taken: | 05.24.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.03.2017 13:36 |
| Story ID: | 236253 |
| Location: | ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, US |
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