If you saw fighter jets flying around Tuesday, it was just an exercise involving the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD. 

Weather permitting, exercise "Fertile Hawk" was scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday over Eastern Massachusetts and Eastern Connecticut, and included F-15 fighter planes and Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182T general aviation aircraft. The exercise was scheduled to include flights at approximately 3,000 feet.

NORAD said it routinely conducts exercises with a variety of scenarios, including airspace restriction violations, hijackings and responses to unknown aircraft. NORAD said it carefully plans and closely controls all exercises.

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