File photo of a D.C. Air National Guard F-16C escorting a Cessna 182 from the air space during Amalgam Dart 20-4 live-fly training exercise at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., Nov. 21, 2019. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Craig Clapper)
Recurring “Falcon Virgo” Exercise for Washington D.C. Trains Airspace Control and Restriction.
Operation “Falcon Virgo”, a planned air defense exercise over the U.S. national capital region, will take place on Jan. 14-15 and again on Jan. 25-26, 2021. The exercise, which is a “routine air defense exercise” according to a media release from the North American Air Defense Command, will include “exercises with a variety of scenarios, including airspace restriction violations, hijackings and responses to unknown aircraft. All NORAD exercises are carefully planned and closely controlled”