On Thursday, July 30, 2020, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-18 Hornets and United States Air Force (USAF) F-16s along with a KC-135 refuelling tanker participated in a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) training operation in the skies over the Greater Toronto Area.

As part of the Operation (Op) NOBLE EAGLE mission, focused on homeland defence of the airspace over Canada and the United States, the exercise consisted of fighters working with the Canadian Air Defence Sector (CADS) at 22 Wing North Bay, Ont. and civilian air traffic control in the Toronto area to practise aircraft identification and interception procedures in high-density airspace.