Security
Security changes ahead for general aviation
While the FAA was in the process of reducing the size and shape of the Washington, D.C.

While the FAA was in the process of reducing the size and shape of the Washington, D.C. air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security continued working on mandatory security measures for general aviation.

On August 30 the “mouse ears” pattern of three interconnecting rings around Washington and Baltimore was replaced by a 30-nm-radius circle around the VOR/DME on Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).