Tonight’s the night that Santa Claus will enter Canadian airspace to deliver toys to children across the London region.
Excited kids and their parents can track Santa’s movements through the NORAD Santa tracker online starting Tuesday as they eagerly await for him to enter North American airspace between 9 p.m. and midnight.
Corporal Colby Ramson, an aerospace control operator, weapons assistant and data link operator at 22 Wing CFB North Bay, spoke to London Morning’s Travis Dolynny about his mission of tracking St. Nick.
The following has been edited for length and clarity.
London Morning: What have you been doing to prepare to track Santa this year?
Cpl. Ramson: Here at the 22 Wing at the Canadian Air Defence Sector as part of NORAD, we provide 24/7 surveillance and control of Canadian airspace through a variety of means year round.
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