Air defense exercise over central New York set for Wednesday, February 27

By Observer-Dispatch 
Posted Feb 26, 2013 @ 05:10 PM 
Last update Feb 26, 2013 @ 05:30 PM  

The Eastern Air Defense Sector and the Continental North American Aerospace Defense Command Region will conduct an air defense exercise over central New York Wednesday, February 27,  from 9 a.m. to noon.

The exercise is coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration and will take place over a large area east of Rochester, north of Binghamton and south of Burlington, Vt.

The exercise will evaluate the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing. It is a “no-notice” exercise and tests the fighter wing’s ability respond rapidly and appropriately to airborne threats. Aircraft involved in the exercise include two F-15 fighter jets, an Air Force C-21 passenger jet and a Cessna 182 aircraft flown by the Civil Air Patrol. No aircraft will be visible from the ground during the exercise.

If weather forces cancellation on Wednesday, the exercise will take place in the same area on Thursday.

The Aerospace Defense Command Region, EADS and the Western Air Defense Sector at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, are responsible for the air defense of the continental United States. The Aerospace Defense Command Region and the sectors conduct these types of exercises on a routine basis as part of North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Operation Noble Eagle, which was initiated after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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