Mon, May 18, 2009
NORAD Officials Reschedule Capital-Area Exercise Due To Bad
WX
Wake up Washington! The skies will
be alive, with the sound of... NORAD -- eventually.
Maybe.... that is, if the weather's good.
A North American Aerospace Defense Command exercise designed to
test the command's aerospace defense capabilities in the national
capital area has been rescheduled after inclement weather last week
forced its postponement. Exercise Falcon Virgo, originally planned
for the May 15-16 overnight period, now is scheduled for May
19-20.
Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jets, Coast Guard Dolphin
choppers and Civil Air Patrol Cessnas will participate in the
exercise over the nation's capital and its suburbs. A number of
Falcon Virgo exercises have taken place since the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks, officials said. The most recent one over
Washington was in March.
"The exercise is always held in the middle of the night to not
interfere with civilian air traffic," Pentagon spokeswoman Air
Force Lt. Col. Almarah Belk said. "The aircraft involved follow all
noise abatement procedures."
The exercise is in coordination with the Federal Aviation
Administration, the National Capital Region Command Center, the
Joint Air Defense Operations Center, the Continental U.S. NORAD
Region, the Civil Air Patrol and the Coast Guard.
Residents in the area can expect flights to occur shortly after
midnight and into the early morning hours of May 20. The exercise
should wrap up during the morning.
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