US, Russia, Canada Cooperate On Anti-Terrorism Drill

FAST TRACK - U.S. Air Force airmen complete the first accelerated maintenance plan on an F-22 Raptor in a deployed environment on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 4, 2010. The airmen are assigned to the 27th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, which had 10 days to complete a process that normally takes up to a month. U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald

Seven Miles High, Russia and U.S. Simulate Terror Attack -- FOX News/AP

OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN -- In a historic first for Cold War adversaries, U.S., Canadian and Russian military officers directed fighter jets and ground controllers to test how well they could track an international terrorist hijacking over the Pacific Ocean.

A chartered American jet code-named Fencing 1220 sent a mock distress signal shortly after taking off from Anchorage, Alaska, on Sunday, triggering a pursuit by at least seven fighters and a flurry of radio and telephone calls between military and civilian officials on both sides of the Pacific.

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My Comment: With all the security that we have at airports, I fail to see how such an eventuality can occur. But this exercise is a good excuse to work and cooperate together .... an exercise that I am all in favor of.