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[[ImageFile:AmalgamVirgoJun1-2-2001.jpg|thumbnail|185px|Amalgam Virgo 01 (June 1–2 June / 2001) [http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/linkscopy/AmalgumVirgo.pdf Click PDF]]]

'''Operation Amalgam Virgo''' is a [[CINCNORAD]]<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/ex-northcom.htm |title=Exercises - NORAD / Northern Command |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date= |accessdate=2013-04-02}}</ref> joint task counter-terrorist and field training exercise (FTX) carried out in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida on early June 2001. [[NORAD]] sponsored the multi-agency planning exercise involving the hypothetical scenario of a [[cruise missile]] or [[UAV]] launched by a terrorist group.<ref>Quote: TERRORIST GROUP ACQUIRES CM'S/UAV'S (page 17, pdf file)</ref> [[Osama bin Laden]] was pictured on the cover of the proposal for the exercise. Key military players involved in the exercise also included personnel from the 1st Air Force battalion, the U.S. National Guard, the U.S. Reserve forces, and the U.S. Navy.