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From AlertDC:
“The Naval Air Force Atlantic will conduct a military aircraft flyover in the NCR over the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, September 7, 2023, at approximately 11:10 AM.”
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From AlertDC:
“The US Air Force will conduct a military aircraft flyover in the NCR over Arlington National Cemetery today, Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at 9:45 AM.”
“The US Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) Aerial Control Team (ACT) will control a flyover at Arlington National Cemetery today at approximately 9:45AM.”
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From AlertDC: ” The US Air Force will conduct a military aircraft flyover in the NCR over Arlington National Cemetery today, Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at 3:20 PM.”
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Jared wrote us: “NBD, just a segway exploding at Dulles. Happened around 7:30pm. Walked by briskly as it was smoking. When I got to security, it burst into flames.”
Dulles wrote: ‘ALERT: Around 7:30p.m. smoke was observed in the main terminal caused by a police motorized segway. Passengers evacuated as a safety precaution. MWAA Fire and Rescue responded, contained the smoke and completed ventilation by 9 p.m. Operations resumed afterwards.”
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From AlertDC:
“The US Air Force will conduct a military aircraft flyover in the NCR over Arlington National Cemetery today, Wednesday, August 9th, 2023, at 2:05 PM.”
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From AlertDC:
“The US Military will conduct a fly over in the National Capitol Region, at the Arlington National Cemetery, on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 9:10 AM.”
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From AlertDC:
“The US Military will conduct a Fly Over in the National Capitol Region over Arlington Cemetery on Monday, July 24, 2023, at 11:49 AM.”
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From the office of Eleanor Holmes Norton (Thursday):
“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus (QSC), celebrated with her colleagues after the House passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill this morning and defeated a provision filed by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) that would have increased aircraft noise and congestion by adding seven round-trip flights to Reagan National Airport (DCA) per day. In total, five amendments from QSC members passed, strengthening the provisions increasing community collaboration on noise mitigation.
In addition, three of Norton’s provisions were included in the bill passed by the House: (more…)
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From AlertDC:
“The Naval Air Force Atlantic will conduct a flyover of the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, July 21, 2023, at approximately 9:10 AM.”
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From the office of Eleanor Holmes Norton (Tuesday):
“After her amendments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill were excluded by the Rules Committee late last night and an amendment filed by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) to increase the number of flights to Reagan National Airport was advanced, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus, said she is disappointed but unsurprised that the Republican-controlled House chose to prioritize the temporary comfort of members of Congress over passenger safety and equality for D.C. (more…)