Coast Guard Dolphin & C-182 Intercept Exercise • NORAD

Coast Guard Dolphin & C-182 Intercept Exercise • NORADThe North American Aerospace Defense Command conducts exercise Falcon Virgo on Thursday, March 11, in Washington, D.C.

Aircraft participating in the flight exercise included a United States Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin helicopter, and Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182T general aviation aircraft.

NORAD routinely conducts exercises with a variety of scenarios, including airspace restriction violations, hijackings and responses to unknown aircraft.

Falcon Virgo is a recurring exercise in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE, which places emphasis on the surveillance and control of airspace over Canada and the United States. The defense of North America is NORAD’s top priority and NORAD remains on alert around the clock, every day.

For more than 60 years, NORAD aircraft have identified and intercepted potential air threats to North America in the execution of its aerospace warning and aerospace control missions, and maintain a watchful eye over Canadian and U.S. internal waterways and maritime approaches under its maritime warning mission.

The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

Video: North American Aerospace Defense Command