Thu, Jan 28, 2010
Exercise To Get Underway At Midnight Thursday
Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command
Region fighters will be busy well before Super Bowl Sunday
preparing to protect the skies around Sun Life Stadium in Miami for
game day.
Exercise Amalgam Virgo 10-Miami will be held Thursday in the
Greater Miami area to allow interagency partners the chance to
practice temporary flight restriction violation procedures. Amalgam
Virgo 10.1-Miami comprises a series of training flights held in
coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration, Customs and
Border Protection, Civil Air Patrol, and CONR’s Eastern Air
Defense Sector.
Residents in the area can expect flights to begin around
midnight Thursday and continue for about two hours early Friday
morning.
“This exercise in Miami is an effective way to ensure all
interagency partners are prepared for game day,” said Maj.
Gen. Garry Dean, CONR commander. “The exercise will test
command and control and execution procedures for air defense for
the Super Bowl and other like venues throughout the United
States.”
These exercises are carefully planned and closely controlled to
ensure CONR’s rapid response capability. CONR has conducted
exercise flights of this nature throughout the U.S. since the start
of Operation Noble Eagle, the commands response to the terrorist
attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
“Defending America’s skies is our number one
priority,” General Dean said. “Whether it’s Super
Bowl Sunday or any other Sunday, the men and women of CONR are
always on alert.”
Since Sept. 11, 2001, CONR fighters have responded to more than
2,300 possible air threats in the United States and have flown more
than 54,000 sorties with the support of Airborne Warning and
Control System and air-to-air-refueling aircraft.
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