Not the usual visitor at PDX: I spotted a Royal Canadian Air ForceπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CC-330 (Airbus A330-200) MRTT tanker/freighter. (This one appears to be freighter-only.) It came from Los Angeles LAX, and is shown here departing for Fairbanks FAI. #military #aviation #avgeek
Trivia: The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint USπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ-CanadianπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ military alliance which defends the airspace of both countries by treaty. Airspace violations to either country may be intercepted by fighter jets, anti-ballistic missiles or other weapons based in either. It is commanded by USAF and RCAF generals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD #military #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek
NORAD - Wikipedia

Though I didn't see public info about Monday's visit to Portland #KPDX by an RCAFπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CC-330/A330, it appears likely related to NORAD. The F-15 fighter jets of Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Fighter Wing are under NORADπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ command. #military #aviation #avgeek
@ikluft #NORAD also tracks and sends out global warnings about satellite and rocket-body re-entries that could be mistaken for a missile attack and start a nuclear war. πŸ‘
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@TheNovemberMan Years ago most of NORAD's public reputation was from the fictional command center from the movie War Games, lots of big space-oriented displays which reportedly even made the real NORAD people jealous.
@ikluft Yeah, the movies always had a better budget than us. πŸ˜‰ Same with Stargate: SG1.
Still, good times.