Tue, Nov 23, 2010
Cessna 182 Pilot Was Met By Local Law Enforcement
Two F-16 fighters under the direction of North American
Aerospace Defense Command intercepted a Cessna 182 in the vicinity
of the National Capitol Region Monday at approximately 1419 EST.
Upon intercepting the aircraft, the F-16s escorted the aircraft
until it landed without incident at approximately 1432 EST at
Manassas where the plane was met by local law enforcement.
NORAD's mission – in close collaboration with homeland
defense, security, and law enforcement partners – is to
prevent air attacks against North America, safeguard the sovereign
airspaces of the United States and Canada by responding to unknown,
unwanted and unauthorized air activity approaching and operating
within these airspaces, and provide aerospace and maritime warning
for North America. NORAD may be required to monitor, shadow, divert
from flight path, direct to land and/or destroy platforms deemed a
potential threat to North America.
NORAD is the bi-national Canadian and American command that is
responsible for the air defense of North America and maritime
warning. The command has three subordinate regional headquarters:
the Alaskan NORAD Region at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; the
Canadian NORAD Region at Winnipeg, Manitoba; and the Continental
NORAD Region at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL. The command is poised
both tactically and strategically in our nation’s capital to
provide a multilayered defense to detect, deter and prevent
potential threats flying over the airspace of the United States and
Canada.
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