[Scan-DC] Fighter jets over Annapolis

[Charley Armstrong]

It's usually some newly minted Naval Aviator announcing his  
achievement to his academy buddies...

There was another flight today, but it was above the ceiling.  Can't  
say for sure that it was related to tomorrow's exercise.

CA
Annapolis


On Jul 21, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Dan Patrick wrote:

> I got my answer:  July 21, 2009
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> NORAD exercise planned for Washington, D.C. tonight
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> TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The North American Aerospace Defense  
> Command and its geographical component, the Continental United  
> States NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct a one-day exercise, Falcon  
> Virgo 09-10, July 22 in the National Capital Region, Washington, D.C.
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> 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.
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> Exercise Falcon Virgo is designed to hone NORAD’s intercept and  
> identification operations, as well as procedural tests of the NCR  
> Visual Warning System.  Civil Air Patrol aircraft and Coast Guard  
> HH-65 Dolphin helicopters will participate in the exercise.   
> Residents in the area can expect flights to occur during the late  
> night and early morning hours beginning Wednesday at midnight and  
> continuing through the scheduled exercise hours.
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> In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will push to the  
> next day.
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> 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 U.S. and Canada since  
> the start of Operation Noble Eagle, the command’s response to the  
> terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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> As the Continental United States geographical component of the bi- 
> national command NORAD, CONR provides airspace surveillance and  
> control, and directs air sovereignty activities for the CONUS  
> region.  CONR and its assigned Air Force and Army assets throughout  
> the country ensure air safety and security against potential air  
> threats.
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> Since Sept. 11, 2001, NORAD fighters have responded to more than  
> 2,100 possible air threats in the United States and have flown more  
> than 51,000 sorties with the support of Airborne Warning and Control  
> System and air-to-air-refueling aircraft.
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> For more information on Falcon Virgo exercises, please contact CONR  
> Public Affairs at (850) 283-8080, the on-call CONR Public Affairs  
> Duty Officer (after 5 p.m. CST) at (850) 532-1649 or the NORAD  
> Public Affairs Office at (719) 554-6889.
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> ------Original Message------
> From: Dan Patrick
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> Subject: [Scan-DC] Fighter jets over Annapolis
> Sent: Jul 18, 2009 10:50 PM
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> Anyone know about a planned exercise with NORAD tonight. 3 fighter  
> jets just blew over Annapolis at about 15000 feet. Seemed in a hurry!
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