The passenger jet was cleared for takeoff on Friday afternoon while four T-38 Talons were inbound to Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover.

A Delta Air Lines flight had a reported close call Friday with a U.S. Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. CNN first reported the close call between the Airbus A319 that was departing Reagan and an Air Force T-38 jet, which is often used for training.

A Delta passenger plane and an Air Force jet flew narrowly close to one another outside Washington, D.C., on Friday, prompting a collision warning and "corrective instructions" from air traffic controllers.

A U.S. passenger flight preparing to leave the nation's capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said.

A Delta Air Lines flight experienced a near miss with a US Air Force jet shortly after takeoff.The incident happened on Friday afternoon, March 28 near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington County,

A Delta Air Lines flight had a near miss with a US Air Force jet shortly after taking off from Reagan National Airport.The incident occurred Friday afternoon, March 28, near Reagan National in Arlington County,

The jets were heading for a flyover of Arlington National Cemetery when the Delta aircraft received an onboard alert of a nearby aircraft.

A near-miss between a Delta Air Lines passenger jet and a formation of US Air Force training jets over Washington DC has prompted an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The incident occurred on Friday afternoon as Delta Flight 2983,

A Delta Air Lines flight had a close call with a U.S. Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday afternoon. According to CNN, collision warning alarms sounded in the cockpit of the passenger plane headed for Minneapolis.