Military aircraft, personnel around Iqaluit airport part of Norad exercises
Operations start Tuesday to ‘ensure’ logistical maintenance and ‘enhance’ expertise
A CF-18 jet appears in a file photo from a North American Aerospace Defense Command exercise in 2014.There will be an increased military presence around the Iqaluit airport this week as part of routine Norad training, the Canadian region headquarters announced Tuesday. (File photo)
People in Iqaluit can expect to see more military personnel and aircraft around the airport this week, starting Tuesday.
Such operations are carried out to support North American Aerospace Defense Command, or Norad, and Canadian Norad region missions and exercises, the Canadian Norad Region Headquarters announced in a news release Tuesday.
The operations “are required to ensure the logistical maintenance of facilities as well as maintain and enhance the expertise of personnel operating in remote and demanding environments,” the release said.
It did not indicate how many days the exercises last or how many military vehicles or personnel are taking part.
“This is our usual protocol,” Capt. Maxime Cliché, a public affairs officer with Canadian Norad Region Headquarters, said in an email to Nunatsiaq News.
“For operational security reasons, the Canadian Norad Region does not disclose the timing, the number of personnel, or the number and type of aircraft participating in the forward operation location activation.”
Similar exercises were carried out at the Iqaluit airport in July 2023.
Tariff involved?
Wtf finale