Courtesy of Alan Henney and the Scan-DC newsgroup. Possbile frequencies to monitor are listed at the end of this article.The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct Exercise Falcon Virgo 08-01 from Tuesday through Thursday (October 23-25, 2007) in the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C.).
This exercise comprises a series of training flights held in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Capital Region Command Center, the Joint Air Defense Operations Center, Civil Air Patrol, and NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector.
Exercise Falcon Virgo 08-01 is designed to test NORAD’s intercept and identification operations, as well as procedural tests of the NCR Visual Warning System. Civil Air Patrol aircraft, Air Force F-16s and C-38s, and Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters, will participate in the exercise. Residents in the area can expect flights to occur throughout the day, including late night and early morning hours, on
scheduled exercise dates.
In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will push to the next day. Further weather delays will result in rescheduling or cancellation of the exercise.
These exercises are carefully planned and closely controlled to ensure NORAD’s rapid response capability. NORAD has conducted exercise flights of this nature throughout the U.S. and Canada since the start of Operation Noble Eagle, the command’s response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
As the Continental United States (CONUS) geographical component of the bi-national command NORAD, CONR provides airspace surveillance and control, and directs air sovereignty activities for the CONUS region. CONR and its assigned Air Force assets throughout the country ensure air safety and security against potential air threats.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, NORAD fighters have responded to more than 2,300 possible air threats in the United States, Canada and Alaska, and have flown more than 46,780 sorties with the support of Airborne Warning and Control System and air-to-air-refueling aircraft.
Eastern Air Defense Sector (Callsign: Huntress)
VHF
Aircraft Air-to-Air 138.000 138.025 138.200 138.225 138.425 138.475 139.150
NORAD CAP/Scramble Discrete 138.200 139.700
NORAD Air Defense Alert/Air-to-Ground 148.125
UHF
AICC 364.200
Alert/Air Defense Tactical 276.400 276.650 279.400 285.900 298.300
AWACS/ACM 278.400 288.400 293.600
AWACS/SOCC Coordination/Calling Frequency 277.600
CAP Refueling 295.800
--DC CAP 293.600 318.400 320.600
CAP Tactical
-- Boston Patriot CAP 259.600 260.900 271.000 282.800
-- Chicago 282.800
-- Detroit/Kennebunkport/Twin Cities 260.900 360.150
-- New York 260.900 282.800 320.600 320.900 324.000 358.850 360.150 364.800 386.000 387.000 387.800
-- Philadelphia CAP 235.900 260.900
-- SE US CAPs 252.000 265.400 (Primary) 282.800 328.000
-- Washington DC CAP Guard Dog (ZDC) 350.250
-- Washington DC/Mid Atlantic CAP - AWACS 234.600 254.200 255.800 260.900 262.150 271.000 362.300
Command and Control Common 387.800
Tactical All Sectors
--Autocat Tac-1 228.800
--Autocat Tac-2 306.400
Worldwide Emergency and Calling: 243.000
NORAD ADX CMD (AWACS) 335.950
Possible Additional NORAD Tacticals (any and all current intercept reports on these frequencies are requested, please no older list):
225.000 225.600 225.800 227.600 228.000 228.400 228.700 229.100 233.600 234.700 235.800 238.500 239.200 239.400 250.800 251.000 251.250 251.800 256.600 258.000 263.200 263.600 264.400 270.200 273.400 274.400 275.000 278.300 278.600 282.400 282.500 284.800 287.800 288.000 288.700 288.900 292.400 292.700 282.800 297.700 298.500 298.800 300.125 302.400 303.900 309.500 312.000 312.800 316.200 316.300 318.100 325.500 326.400 327.200 327.900 338.400 338.800 342.100 342.600 344.000 347.400 348.800 351.600 356.000 357.100 357.200 369.000 369.900 371.000 375.100 376.200 379.000 379.800 384.000 386.200 392.800