Military Aircraft To Conduct Training Flights At Griffiss Airport

You'll see some increased flight activity in the skies over Griffiss International Airport in Rome next week.

The U.S. Air Force will be conducting training flights with its C-17 cargo planes next Monday through Thursday.

The transport aircraft training flights will take place the following days and times:

•  Monday, March 13 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 9:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.

•  Tuesday, March 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

•  Wednesday, March 15 from 7:45 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

•  Thursday March 16 from 10:30 a.m. to noon and from 9:45 p.m. until 11:15 p.m.

The military training exercises will include multiple traffic patterns and approaches.

The Air Force is apologizing for any inconvenience that the increased flight activity might cause to the community.