Security
Coast Guard to monitor ADIZ violations
Pilots busting the Washington, D.C.

Pilots busting the Washington, D.C. air defense identification zone (ADIZ) will now find a helicopter of a different color off their wing to escort them out of the area and into a nearby airport for questioning. The Coast Guard’s orange-and-white HH-65C Dolphins have replaced the Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) black-and-gold Black Hawks.

While the Coast Guard air station in Atlantic City, N.J., now has responsibility for intercepting “low and slow” aircraft violating the ADIZ without the proper flight plan and clearance, the aircraft are based at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and will be able to respond quickly to violations.