[Scan-DC] NORAD exercise planned for Washington D.C.

[N3BXV]

Looks like the exercise is underway..
Brave-61 with Huntress on 139.7 for exercise "headbutt" then "Bugout 
Southeast" also with Potomac TRACON
 on 257.2...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Henney" <alan at henney.com>
To: "Scan DC" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:37 PM
Subject: [Scan-DC] NORAD exercise planned for Washington D.C.


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>
> -----Original Message----- 
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 6:15 PM
> To: Lacore, Madeline
> Subject: Falcon Virgo Release
>
> November 15, 2005
>
> NORAD exercise planned for Washington D.C.
>
> PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.  The Continental United States NORAD
> Region (CONR) will conduct Exercise Falcon Virgo 06-02 in the National
> Capital Region (Washington, D.C.) from 16-18 November. The exercise
> comprises a series of training flights conducted in coordination with
> the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Capital Region
> Command Center, the Civil Air Patrol, the Air Force Flight Standards
> Agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Northeast Air
> Defense Sector.
>
> Exercise Falcon Virgo 06-02 is designed to test intercept and
> identification operations. It will involve F-16 fighter aircraft out
> of Andrews AFB and Langley AFB, as well as multiple Cessna aircraft, a
> C-21 (Learjet) and an H-60 Blackhawk helicopter all flying at low
> altitudes along the Potomac River and around Washington, D.C., during
> late night Wednesday, early morning Thursday, late night
> Thursday/early morning Friday. In the event of inclement weather, the
> exercise will roll over to the following days until the exercise is
> ended.
>
> CONR is a regional headquarters assigned to the North American
> Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD. NORAD has conducted exercises of
> this nature throughout the United States and Canada since the start of
> Operation Noble Eagle, started after the terrorist attacks on Sept.
> 11, 2001. These ongoing exercises are carefully planned and closely
> controlled to ensure NORAD's rapid response capability.
>
> Since Sept. 11, 2001, NORAD fighters have responded to more than 2,000
> possible air threats in the United States, Canada and Alaska and have
> flown more than 40,000 sorties with the support of Airborne Warning
> and Control System and air-to-air-refueling aircraft.
>
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