NORAD Flight Exercise Planned over DC-Area Tonight

Update: April 13 NORAD exercise was bumped for weather last night.  Jets will fly this evening.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct exercise Falcon Virgo 11-07 beginning midnight Tuesday into early Wednesday morning in the National Capital Region, Washington, D.C. and Frederick County, MD

The exercise is comprised of a series of training flights held in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Capital Region Coordination Center, the Joint Air Defense Operations Center, Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard and CONR’s Eastern Air Defense Sector.

Flights in the National Capital Region are scheduled to take place between midnight Tuesday and 2 a.m. Wednesday morning. 

In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will take place the next day, until all training requirements are met. If bad weather continues, officials will then make a decision to postpone or cancel the exercise.