Flyover This Morning — “The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron… will perform a scheduled photoshoot of 6 Thunderbird aircraft in formation, a 7th Thunderbird aircraft will trail the formation to capture imagery over the National Mall and other Washington D.C. landmarks on Friday, September 12, 2025, at approximately 8:15 a.m. In addition, at approximately 8:45 a.m., the team will be joined by a C-17 for one additional pass. The aircraft will depart from the area no later than 8:55 a.m.” [USAF]
Apartment Development Nixed — “JBG Smith Properties is abandoning plans to redevelop a pair of demolished office and retail buildings in Crystal City with more than 1,400 new apartments. The Bethesda firm… won site plan approval from Arlington County in 2023 to construct two 30-story residential-over-retail towers at 223 S. 23rd St. and 2250 Crystal Drive, where once stood the 11-story Crystal City Five office building and a one-story adjacent retail building. But that plan is now terminated.” [WBJ]
Pickup Overturns in Crash — “Accident in #Rosslyn right before the #KeyBridge. Everyone got out of both vehicles and seem to be OK.” [Victoria Sanchez/X]
Long Term Toll of 9/11 — “Fire Captain David Santini remembered the 184 victims who died when a hijacked plane slammed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001… Santini also asked people to remember 9/11 first responders who have died in the years following the terrorist attacks.” [WTOP, MWAA Professional Firefighters/X]
New Reading Program — “APS, in partnership with community volunteers, is proud to announce the launch of Readers Rise: Empowering Young Minds Through Reading … The Readers Rise program pairs trained community volunteers with elementary students in grades K–2 at Barrett, Hoffman-Boston and Long Branch elementary schools for one-on-one reading sessions.” [APS]
County, City to Boost Tech Hub — “Economic development leaders in Arlington and Alexandria want to launch a new initiative to expand funding and business training for defense and national security startups, aiming to solidify the growing tech outpost near the Pentagon and Amazon’s HQ2.” [WBJ]
Indecent Exposure Incident — “A 34-year-old man who was arrested for indecent exposure Tuesday night in Green Valley already had an upcoming court appearance scheduled for next week on unrelated drug charges, according to authorities.” [Patch]
Lantern Fly Invasion — “Across the region, weather radars were lighting up Thursday with shades of blue, green and yellow. The signals would ordinarily suggest rain — but no precipitation was in the forecast. Instead, radars have been capturing a massive swarm of spotted lanternflies descending on the Mid-Atlantic.” [Washington Post, Matthew Cappucci/X]
It’s Friday — Expect a sunny day with a high of around 81 degrees and a north wind at about 6 mph, shifting to the east in the afternoon. Friday night, the skies will be mostly clear with a low temperature near 60 degrees. [NWS]
