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We did mobilize fighter jets (albeit without missiles, so essentially if the pilots intercepted it’d likely be a suicide mission). Also after 9/11 people strayi
by jdavis703 5y ago
We did mobilize fighter jets (albeit without missiles, so essentially if the pilots intercepted it’d likely be a suicide mission). Also after 9/11 people straying in to no fly zones over DC would be escorted out by fighters.
- ykl 5y agoIIRC the fighters that were mobilized planned to ram since they took off without time to load missiles onboard, but all of our fighter keys have ejection seats. I assume the plan was to eject.
- generj 5y agoTo ensure the fighters crippled the passenger plane, at least one of the scrambled National Guard pilots ruled out ejecting. The other hoped to eject before impact. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44459345 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44459345