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2021-09-11 -Land of the Free
'Our only choice was to ram it': Air Force pilots recall knowing they had launched a SUICIDE mission to bring down United 93 on 9/11 because there was no time to arm their jets before takeoff
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Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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#1 An act of superb and sublime bravery that never should have been necessary. To cover the entire perimeter of CONUS that morning we had 14 dedicated aircraft.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-09-11 10:16||   2021-09-11 10:16|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Complacency, Mike. Clinton-era leftover residue
Posted by Frank G 2021-09-11 10:19||   2021-09-11 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3 If these aircraft are on standby to protect the capitol, then why are some of them not armed at all times. Serious question for some of you who know a helluva alot more than me about these sort of things.
Posted by Chris 2021-09-11 11:06||   2021-09-11 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 If these aircraft are on standby to protect the capitol, then why are some of them not armed at all times. Exactly the same neglectful frame of mind behind the lack of preparedness by the US air defenses on Oahu 7 Dec. 1941. That day, IIRC, a Japanese reconnaissance plane flew over Pearl Harbor at 10000 feet quite a long time before the main Japanese attackers arrived. It was not spotted from below.
Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-09-11 13:48||   2021-09-11 13:48|| Front Page Top

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