Don’t be alarmed if you see and hear fighter jets flying over Toronto Monday morning.

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will be doing some training with Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet fighter jets in the city’s airspace.

This training exercise, which was developed in co-ordination with NAV Canada and is being conducted under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, which places emphasis on the surveillance and control of airspace over Canada and the United States, will run from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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In a news release, NORAD said the fighters will be working with the Canadian Air Defence Sector at 22 Wing North Bay, Ont., and civilian air traffic control in the Toronto area to “practice response procedures in high-density airspace.”

And while the aircraft will be operating at a high altitude, they public may be able to see and hear them. The fighters might also conduct approaches at local airfields.

“This NORAD training event is not related in any way to the Government of Canada’s response to COVID-19,” NORAD assured in a release issued Friday afternoon.

North American Aerospace Defense Command, which for more than 60 years has defended North America’s airspace, routinely conducts exercises with a variety of scenarios like airspace restriction violations, hijackings and responses to unknown aircraft. All NORAD exercises are carefully planned and closely controlled.