US Military’s Mysterious Decision To Shut Down East Coast Air Surveillance System September-October

Private Pilots’ Association Seek Explanation

When I first heard about this I was not only concerned, I found it difficult to verify.  I finally got the right search words and found the story from the AOPA.

Why in the world would our government shut down our safety tracking system for aircraft along the south eastern U.S. for a whole month, which just happens to be the September-October time frame of so many other troubling events?