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And it is primarily the Air National Guard which is tasked with continental American air defense--standing on alert and waiting to intercept unknown aircraft or tracks aimed at our continent. These squadrons, flying F-15s or F-16s from places like Portland, Ore.; Atlantic City, N.J.; Key West, Fla.; and Fresno, Calif., are integral in supporting NORAD's air sovereignty mission and its charter to provide air defense should deterrence fail. Active-duty units perform these missions in Alaska, and Canadian Forces serve the same function in their country.
One ongoing mission of the Battle Management Center is to coordinate "air sovereignty" efforts, monitoring every aircraft that enters U.S. or Canadian airspace
Impressme, I have researched this, very well. For some reason, you claim to have done so mush research, and yet you constantly leave out the most important parts, or ignore them. Like just now. You forgot to post the part about the intercept missions that are aimed at aircraft ENTERING our airspace. How can you forget that part? You are being dishonest when trying to pull such nonsense.