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Chapter 9

Special Flights

JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

This chapter's phraseology, all in one place

Section 1. General

  1. 9-1-1General
  2. 9-1-2Special Handling
  3. 9-1-3Flight Check Aircraft

Section 2. Special Operations

  1. 9-2-1Aircraft Carrying Dangerous Materials
  2. 9-2-2Celestial Navigation Training
  3. 9-2-3Experimental Aircraft Operations
  4. 9-2-4FAA Research and Development Flights
  5. 9-2-5Flynet
  6. 9-2-6IFR Military Training Routes
  7. 9-2-7Interceptor Operations
  8. 9-2-8Special Interest Sites
  9. 9-2-9Special Air Traffic Rules (SATR) and Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA)
  10. 9-2-10ATC Security Services for the Washington, Dc, Special Flight Rules Area (dc Sfra)
  11. 9-2-11Security Notice (SECNOT)
  12. 9-2-12Law Enforcement and Sensitive Government Missions
  13. 9-2-13Military Aerial Refueling
  14. 9-2-14Military Operations Above Fl 600
  15. 9-2-15Military Special Use Frequencies
  16. 9-2-16Avoidance of Areas of Nuclear Radiation
  17. 9-2-17Samp Flights
  18. 9-2-18Awacs/Norad Special Flights
  19. 9-2-19Weather Reconnaissance Flights
  20. 9-2-20Evasive Action Maneuver
  21. 9-2-21Nonstandard Formation/Cell Operations

Section 3. Special Use, ATC-Assigned Airspace, and Stationary ALTRVs

  1. 9-3-1Application
  2. 9-3-2Separation Minima
  3. 9-3-3VFR‐on‐Top
  4. 9-3-4Transiting Active Sua/Atcaa

Section 4. Fuel Dumping

  1. 9-4-1Information Requirements
  2. 9-4-2Routing
  3. 9-4-3Altitude Assignment
  4. 9-4-4Separation Minima
  5. 9-4-5Information Dissemination

Section 5. Jettisoning of External Stores

  1. 9-5-1Jettisoning of External Stores

Section 6. Unmanned Free Balloons

  1. 9-6-1Application
  2. 9-6-2Derelict Balloons

Section 7. Parachute Operations

  1. 9-7-1Coordination
  2. 9-7-2Class A, Class B, and Class C Airspace
  3. 9-7-3Class D Airspace
  4. 9-7-4Other Control Airspace

Section 8. Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Reports

  1. 9-8-1General