NORAD to conduct exercises Thursday over Montreal

[jesseps]

Montrealers might notice some unusual sights and sounds in the skies over the city on Thursday, but officials say there's no need to panic.

 

The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) announced Wednesday morning that it would be conducting a series of "intercept and identification procedures" in airspace over southern Quebec, eastern Ontario, northeastern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

 

"Those living in these areas may hear and/or see NORAD-controlled fighter jets in close proximity to a U.S. Air Force C-21, which will be taking on the role of a Track of Interest (TOI)," said a release issued by NORAD.

 

"In order to test responses, systems and equipment, NORAD continuously conducts exercises with a variety of scenarios. These exercises are carefully planned, closely controlled and include exercising airspace restriction violations, hijackings and responding to unknown aircraft."

 

The tests are scheduled to finish by early Thursday afternoon.

 

NORAD is the bi-national Canadian and United States military command that provides maritime warning, aerospace alerts and aerospace defence for the two countries.

 

(Courtesy of The Montreal Gazette)

[Rusty]

They are so loud those fighter jets... but nice to see

[MTLskyline]

Cool, hopefully I'll be able to see something!

[Cataclaw]

I used to hear the CF-18s fly around daily when i worked at CFB Bagotville... this will be a nice reminiscent memory for me