An alarm was sounded at the passenger aircraft at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington (DCA), when US Air Force aircraft flew very close to him on Friday (March 28, 2025).

The incident unfolded when the US Air Force T-38 training aircraft It came within walking distance of an Airbus A319 of Delta Air Lines that had just taken off.

The Ronald Reagan Airport Control Tower had given a take-off license on Delta Air Lines’ 2389 flight, while four T-38 TALON training aircraft headed towards Arlington National Cemetery, according to FAA.

Delta’s 2983 flight departed from Washington Airport at 3:15 pm Local Time (7:15 pm UTC), headed for Saint Paul Paul of Minneapolis (MSP), on a regular flight.

The T-38 military aircraft, after taking off from Langley (LFI) air base in Virginia, was flying to 800 feet, developing speeds of over 350 miles per hour, while Delta’s aircraft was flying north along the east bank of Potomak.

The two aircraft approached each other close enough to activate the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System – TCas in the cockpit of the Delta aircraft.

The collision was avoided with the help of the TCAS automatic system, which guides pilots on how to avoid a possible collision and the immediate intervention of air traffic controllers.

The passenger aircraft, which had two pilots, three stewardesses and 131 passengers, continued its course, while the military T-38 returned to the air base in Virginia.

The incident withdrew memories of the January 29th Air Tragedy of January 29, 2025, when the American Airlines passenger aircraft collided in the air with a helicopter of the US Army Black Hawk (H-60), approaching the landing corridors at the Rigan International Airport in Rigan in Wass.

The US Civil Aviation Authority (FAA) has announced that it is conducting an investigation into the short -term Airbus A319 collision of Delta Air Lines with US Air Force training aircraft. He also reiterated that he intends to seek 2,000 recruitment of air traffic controllers this year, following staff shortages revealed in the wake of the January 29th Air Tragedy.