Officials say the follow-up test of NORAD’s ability to provide protection to Sunday’s Super Bowl football game was “successful.” The first exercise was called due to bad weather. Now, officials say they are satisfied command assets can “ensure the highest state of readiness” for Super Bowl XL. Operation Noble Eagle air defense sorties will cover Detroit, Mich., site of this year’s football extravaganza.
The U.S. sent Air Force F-16s over central Syria in a show of force following the Dec. 13 killing of two U.S. Army Soldiers and one American civilian interpreter by a gunman linked to the Islamic State group.
