Be not afraid, the Canuck Air Force is defending our Superbowl

[DS1]

http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=b93e3424-8c4c-4a88-8e18-2c80edc4082e

errorists and clueless pilots were the targets of a wide array of military aircraft filling the skies over Windsor and Detroit in the wee hours this morning as NORAD conducted a Super Bowl XL defence air exercise.

Residents may have seen helicopters and the low-flying fighter aircraft, said Lt. Lisa Citino, spokeswoman for the continental United States NORAD region, headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.

DEFENCE SYSTEM

Among the hardware being used to test the military's binational interception and identification capabilities being put in place to defend Super Bowl Sunday: CF-18s out of Bagotville, Que., F-16s out of Michigan's Selfridge Air National Guard Base, a CH-146 Griffon helicopter out of Kingston, air refuelling tankers and an E-3 AWACS (Airborne Early Warning and Control System) aircraft out of Oklahoma.

For security reasons, the exact times and locations of the exercise, as well as the number of participating aircraft, remain confidential, but there are also H-65 helicopters, "multiple" Cessna aircraft and a C-21 Learjet involved. Citino said there will be "multiple fighter jets."

[underpants]

1. Okay if anyone punts on third down

you KNOW that was part of the deal.

[GOPisEvil]

2. When the fuck did they get airplanes??

Does Rumsfeld know?

[SOteric]

3. Darnit. I was hoping for the Mounties.