NORAD Flight Exercise Planned for National Capital Region

No. 003-12 January 10, 2012

NORAD Flight Exercise Planned for National Capital Region                  North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct an exercise -- Falcon Virgo 12-04 beginning Tuesday night, Jan. 10, at midnight into early Wednesday morning, Jan. 11, in the National Capital Region, Washington, D.C.                  Flights in the National Capital Region are scheduled to take place between midnight and 2 a.m.  In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will take place the following evening, until all training requirements are met. If bad weather continues, officials will then make a decision to postpone or cancel the exercise.