The North American Aerospace Defense Command will continue operating a series of exercises involving military aircraft and today across the national capital region.
The intercept and identification drills, code-named Exercise Falcon Virgo, will feature Civil Air Patrol aircraft, Air Force F-16s and C-38s, and Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters.
The exercise also is a gauge of the region?s visual warning system.
Similar exercises have been held across the nation and Canada since the launching ofOperation Noble Eagle, NORAD?s response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. NORAD fighters have responded to more than 2,300 possible air threats.
