] Operation Amalgam Virgo was a

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joint (multi-service) task counter-terrorist and field training exercise (FTX) carried out in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida on early June 2001.

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sponsored the multi-agency planning exercise involving the hypothetical scenario of a

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launched by a terrorist group. Key military players involved in the exercise also included personnel from the 1st Air Force battalion, the National Guard, the U.S. Reserve forces, and the U.S. Navy. Several naval ships including the , a Navy Aegis cruiser, were dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico as part of the exercise. Personnel from the 1st Air Force also gathered radar information on low-level targets by using the Joint-Based Expeditionary Connectivity Center (JBECC), a deployable mobile shelter while providing early warning signals of cruise missile attacks.

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* http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/amalgam-virgo.htm – Overview , Operation Amalgam Virgo * http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/linkscopy/AmalgumVirgo.pdf – SEADS concept proposal for Amalgam Virgo, June 2001 , PDF Non-combat military operations involving the United States 21st-century military history of the United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Counterterrorism 2001 in Florida {{US-military-stub