Another "don't panic" flyover warning to tell you about. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known as NORAD, sent out a press release earlier today announcing that a pair of fighter jets will make passes over the District in the predawn hours on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings this week. The two-day exercise, being called Falcon Virgo, is made up of a series of training flights designed to hone NORAD's intercept and identification operations. Two Air Force F-16s, along with Civil Air Patrol aircraft (a pair of Cessnas) and Coast Guard helicopters are set to begin passing over the city starting at midnight and pass back over several times until 6 a.m. The same thing will happen again the next morning. Hopefully most of you won't even notice the majority of these flights while you're sleeping. Also see The Post. more ›

This year's National Police Week kicked off yesterday. The big NPW events to keep in mind are the candlelight vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Wednesday, the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service on Friday, and then of course, the rowdy, drunk cops pissing in the streets early on Saturday morning. In the meantime, the city has been warned that a flight of eight local police helicopters will fly over the District this morning as part of Police Week. The helicopters will fly overhead between 11:15 a.m. and noon. So don't freak out! The fly over has been approved for today's Washington Area Fallen Officers Memorial Ceremony. more ›