That is the name of the NORAD or National Recon agency exercise being conducted on 9-11-01.
Is there any mention of this exercise in the official report?
If not, why not?
Mindy Kleinberg testimony to 9-11 commission.
“If that weren't protection enough, on September 11th, NEADS (or the North East Air Defense System dept of NORAD) was several days into a semi-annual exercise known as ‘Vigilant Guardian.” This meant that our North East Air Defense system was fully staffed. In short, key officers were manning the operation battle center, ‘fighter jets were cocked, loaded, and carrying extra gas on board.’ ”
Some links:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/archive/scoop/stories/6d/21/200305281016.258acdf4.htmlhttp://www.truthout.org/docs_03/042203A.shtmlhttp://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/2002/ottawacitizen091102.htmlhttp://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3061.htm