DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct Falcon Virgo, a routine air defense exercise, on Thursday, January 14, through Friday, January 15, and again on Monday, January 25, through Tuesday, January 26, between midnight and 5:30 a.m. EST each day in the National Capital Region. Aircraft participating in the flight exercise include Air Force […]https://www.defencetalk.com/norad-air-defense-exercise-planned-for-national-capital-region-76669/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkUS fighter jets intercepted Russian bombers twice on Wednesday off the coast of Alaska, US air defense command said. The intercepts come less than two weeks after US bombers were met by Russian jets over the Black Sea. North American Aerospace Defense Command said US F-22 Raptors intercepted a Russian bomber formation early Wednesday that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-fighter-jets-intercept-russian-bombers-off-alaska-norad-75731/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon has protested after US fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers west of Alaska, in the latest incident of its kind. F-22 Raptor fighters from NORAD intercepted and visually identified the long-range Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear” bombers overnight Tuesday, said the joint US-Canadian command, charged with aerospace warning and control for North America. The four-engine […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-protests-after-intercept-of-russian-bombers-71856/

DefenceTalkPyongyang is capable of launching an ICBM with a nuclear warhead from a hard-to-track mobile launcher at the US West Coast, the US aerospace defense commander has said. The capability is disputed by a study from leading North Korea-watchers, however. “Our assessment is that they have the ability to put a nuclear weapon on a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-capable-of-launching-mobile-nuke-missile-into-us-norad-63761/

DefenceTalkThe US military command that scans North America’s skies for enemy missiles and aircraft plans to move its communications gear to a Cold War-era mountain bunker, officers said. The shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to safeguard the command’s sensitive sensors and servers from a potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, military […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-aerospace-command-moving-comms-gear-back-to-cold-war-bunker-63748/

DefenceTalkFighter jets from the Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, also known as CONR, along with the command’s interagency partners, are preparing to protect the sky around MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, the site of Super Bowl XLVII Feb. 2. Air defense exercise flights in the area of the stadium are expected […]https://www.defencetalk.com/super-bowl-preparations-include-air-defense-exercise-50194/