(Left to Right) Canadian Col. Todd Balfe, deputy director of the Alaskan NORAD Region; Staff Sgt. Yevgeniy Maksimov, an interpreter with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Russian Col. Alexander Tikhonov, Editor Star; and Russian Col. Alexander Vasilyev, from the Russian air force academy, discuss mission details on board the "Track of Interest" Aug. 7, 2011, during Exercise Vigilant Eagle. The exercise provided the opportunity for Russian, Canadian and U.S. officials to enhance their interagency partnership to cooperatively identify, intercept and follow a suspected hijacked aircraft as it proceeded across international boundaries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Uriah Orland)