Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Scheduled To Begin At Midnight Tuesday
The North American Aerospace
Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental
U.S. NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct a one day flight-training
Exercise Falcon Virgo 10-02 beginning Tuesday, November 17 at 0000
and continuing into the early morning hours on Wednesday, November
18 in the National Capital Region (NCR), Washington,
D.C.
The exercise comprises a series of training flights held 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, Civil Air Patrol, U.S.
Coast Guard and CONR's Western Air Defense Sector.
Exercise Falcon Virgo is designed to hone NORAD's intercept and
identification operations, as well as conduct procedural tests of
the NCR Visual Warning System. Civil Air Patrol aircraft, U.S. Air
Force F-16s and U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters will
participate in the exercise. Residents in the area can expect
flights to occur during scheduled exercise hours.
In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will be rescheduled
for the next day.
These exercises are carefully planned and closely controlled to
ensure NORAD's rapid response capability. NORAD has conducted
exercise flights of this nature throughout the United States and
Canada since the start of Operation Noble Eagle, the command's
response to the terrorist attacks that occurred Sept. 11, 2001.
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