North American Aerospace Defense Command - US NORAD Region - Flight Exercise Planned for Washington, D.C.When: NORAD and its geographical component, the Continental US NORAD Region, will conduct exercise Falcon Virgo 09-07, on May 15 and 19 between midnight and 6:00 am in the National Capital Region (NCR), Washington DC.
What: Falcon Virgo exercise - The exercise comprises a series of training flights held in coordination
with the FAA, the National Capital Region Command Center, the Joint Air
Defense Operations Center, the Continental US NORAD Region (CONR), Civil Air
Patrol, US Coast Guard and CONR's Western Air Defense Sector.
Why: Exercise Falcon Virgo is designed to hone NORAD's intercept and
identification operations, as well as procedural tests of the NCR Visual Warning
System. Two Civil Air Patrol Cessna aircraft, two Air Force F-16s and one
Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter will participate in the exercise.
Residents may see these aircraft approaching and flying in the
vicinity of the Washington DC area as part of this exercise during the late night
and early morning hours from midnight through 6:00 am on May 15th and the
19th.
For more information: on the Falcon Virgo exercise, please contact CONR
Public Affairs at (850) 283-8080, or the NORAD Public Affairs Office at
(719) 554-6889.
Source: : US Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/
Media Contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public Contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/
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Photo credit: http://www.natcapwg.cap.gov/gallery
Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteTo get a feel for what the CAP aircraft look like flying over D.C., go to the Photo Gallery at http://www.natcapwg.cap.gov/gallery and click on the "Above the Capital" album.
Your welcome! I will add a picture from your link.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your service to your country!