LOS ANGELES - FOX 11 got the opportunity to fly with NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The joint US/Canada force is the largest bi-national military command in the world. Their mission is to deter, detect, and defeat aerospace threats in North America.

With the World Cup and Olympics around the corner, NORAD expects more TFR's. Those are temporary flight restrictions ordered by the FAA to protect the airspace around big events from security threats.

Believe it or not, people in private planes cross into TFR's almost every day. Usually, they are warned by traffic controllers in nearby towers, and fly out of them without incident. Too often, says Lt. Colonel Jeff "Vader" Brandon, recreational pilots don't hear the radio transmissions. That's when NORAD fighter jets are

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