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Fly by over the David L. Pitcher building at 22 Wing Canadian Forces Base in North Bay of a training exercise involving two CF-18’s and a Lear jet.
Photographer: Corporal Rob Ouellette, Reservist Image Tech, 22 Wing/CFB North Bay Image Section.

If you saw fighter jets flying around the North Bay area  on Wednesday, it’s ok, there was a NORAD interception and identification exercise taking place.

Officials say during the flight, NORAD-controlled fighter aircraft flew in close proximity to a civilian-looking aircraft.

They say the exercise is part of NORAD‘s continuous training to test responses, systems and equipment.

Officials say all NORAD training flights are carefully planned and closely controlled.

The exercise ran from about 9:30 Wednesday morning until about 12:30 pm.