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Two F-16 Fighters Intercept Two Aircraft In Air Force One Airspace |
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July 11, 2010 - Two F-16 fighters out of Peterson
Air Force Base, Colorado under the direction of North American Aerospace
Defense Command (NORAD) responded to two single engine aircraft
violating a temporary flight restricted area in the vicinity of Las
Vegas on Friday. |
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President Obama was in Las Vegas to stump for
Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, of Nevada, and to give a speech on
the economy at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. President Obama also
campaigned during his two state, two day trip for Democratic Senate
candidate Robin Carnahan in Missouri. 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. |
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