Section 2. Intercept Training Activities

  1. AREA OF OPERATION

Intercept training activities, except for NORAD/USINDOPACOM air defense exercises/evaluations, must be conducted under the following conditions:

  1. Within Restricted Areas, Warning Areas, Military Operations Areas, and at FL 180 and above in ATCAAs within the United States and its territorial waters.
  2. Participating aircraft must display transponder codes as assigned by ATC at all times unless otherwise coordinated.
  3. Transponder-off operations must not be conducted except as authorized in an FAA Headquarters approved exemption to 14 CFR section 91.215.
  1. RADAR SURVEILLANCE
  1. Intercept training activities must be conducted under the surveillance of an MRU including AWACS aircraft to the extent such coverage or capability is available.
  2. When MRU capability does not exist, ATC radar facilities should provide radar surveillance when staffing and workload permits. The details of radar coverage areas and the services to be provided will be included in a letter of agreement between the appropriate ATC facilities and military operational units.