USA, Russia and Canada will carry out “Vigilant Eagle” joint antiterrorist maneuvers in 2012. It has been reported by Vesti.ru with reference to the head of US Army Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), General Charles Jacoby.

"I hope to hold meeting with my Russian colleagues in order to discuss tactics, hardware and procedures, which will help us organize these maneuvers", — he said during Senate hearings.

Jacoby said that he considers “Vigilant Eagle” maneuvers, carried out by Russia, USA and Canada in 2011, to be successful. "We have elaborated the scenario for fighting terrorism in the air, which is absolutely necessary for adequate response to this threat", — the General said. He also said that it is an important step in the area of confidence-building for all the parties and provision of transparency in the area of military activities, especially near Alaska.

“Vigilant Eagle-2011” maneuvers have taken place in August 2011 in the Far East. Their active phase included two stages of joint operations with the participation of military pilots and ground services from Russian air forces and NORAD. The search, acquisition and compulsory landing of two passenger Boeing 757 and Il-62 aircraft, believed to be “captured by terrorists”, have been performed in the network of these maneuvers.