US, Russia to carry out first-ever joint air manoeuvres
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Elmendorf Afb - Former Cold War enemies will take part in the first-ever joint air defence exercise between US, Canadian and Russian air forces.
The American North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD – ironically founded to defend North American air space against Soviet nuclear missile attacks – says the manoeuvres will include training to combat terrorist attacks on commercial airliners, Voice of America reports.
The exercise, codenamed Vigilant Eagle, will be co-ordinated jointly from a US military command centre in Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska and the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk.
NORAD said the manoeuvres would require both Russian and NORAD bases to launch or divert fighter aircraft to investigate and shadow commercial planes.
A spokesman for the Russian Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Drik, said the exercise was part of a working plan aimed at improving co-operation between Russian and US forces.
The American North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD – ironically founded to defend North American air space against Soviet nuclear missile attacks – says the manoeuvres will include training to combat terrorist attacks on commercial airliners, Voice of America reports.
The exercise, codenamed Vigilant Eagle, will be co-ordinated jointly from a US military command centre in Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska and the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk.
NORAD said the manoeuvres would require both Russian and NORAD bases to launch or divert fighter aircraft to investigate and shadow commercial planes.
A spokesman for the Russian Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Drik, said the exercise was part of a working plan aimed at improving co-operation between Russian and US forces.
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