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Jun 09, 2009
Jet Exercises Planned for D.C. on Wednesday
Some more planned fighter jet training exercises will take place over D.C.’s restricted airspace on Wednesday. NORAD has scheduled two Civil Air Patrol Cessnas, two Air Force F-16s and a Coast Guard helicopter to train between midnight and 6 a.m. overnight, plus a second daytime exercise between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, which will include one Lear jet, one Cessna and one F-16. The exercises are designed to simulate various situations in which…