Public Service Announcement: Increased Flight Activity Around Inuvik During Annual NORAD Exercise

YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES--(Marketwired - Oct. 15, 2016) - National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces

The Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region would like to inform people in Inuvik and surrounding areas to expect an increased military presence, flights and noise levels between October 17 and 21, 2016, due to NORAD's annual VIGILANT SHIELD exercise.

Security at the base in Inuvik will be reinforced and the public can also expect to see military flights as part of the training scenarios.

During VIGILANT SHIELD 17, Inuvik is one of several locations hosting the exercise's live-fly field training. Inuvik will be hosting CF-18 fighter jets from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

NORAD forces will be supported by Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters in Winnipeg, Man.; the Canadian Air Defence Sector at 22 Wing North Bay, Ont.; and Canadian Forces Station Alert, Nunavut.

NORAD is a bi-national military organization formed by a partnership between Canada and the United States to provide maritime warning, aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America. For 58 years, NORAD has worked to detect, deter, and defend against all threats to Canadian and U.S. air sovereignty through a network of alert fighters, tankers, airborne early warning aircraft, and ground based air defense assets cued by interagency and defense surveillance radars. NORAD also provides surveillance and operational control of Canadian and U.S. airspace.

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