[Scan-DC] DC Drill tonight

Wed, 04 Jun 2003 16:51:59 -0400

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From: "Punworg" <[email protected]>
To: "Milcom" <[email protected]>; "scan-dc" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: [Scan-DC] DC Drill tonight
Will these be on the standard cap frequencies?

> Hey!  Do you DC area guys know about this?
> 
> Air Defense to Be Tested Tonight 
> 
> Pentagon's 90-Minute Drill Not Tied to a Specific
> Threat 
>  
> By Spencer S. Hsu
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Wednesday, June 4, 2003; Page A09 
> 
> 
> Many Washington area residents may find their sleep
> interrupted by the roar of Air Force F-16 fighters
> tonight as the Pentagon conducts a 90-minute air
> patrol exercise to test federal procedures for
> identifying and confronting hostile aircraft, defense
> officials said yesterday.
> 
> In the drill, which will start at 10:30 p.m., two
> F-16s will intercept two Cessna 172 civilian airplanes
> in a scenario designed to test pilots, antiaircraft
> missile crews and civilian and military commanders.
> 
> 
> 
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