‘We May Have to Shoot Down This Aircraft’

Re:‘We May Have to Shoot Down This Aircraft’ by tatersolid on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @01:43PM (#20930948)

I must admit I had a hard time believing there were no armed alert aircraft ready 24/7 on the tarmac at Andrews AFB on the morning of 9/11.

Since the Kennedy assaibation, the US Secret Service pre-secures everywhere the president goes, including armored escort cars snipers on the roofs of buildings.

Not having armed aircraft always ready to support Air Force One or Two seemed inconceivable to me. Even in a post-Cold-War environment.

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Re:‘We May Have to Shoot Down This Aircraft’ by masonic on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @08:23PM (#20935346)

  I had a hard time believing there were no armed alert aircraft ready 24/7

This is precisely the state of "readiness" that had devolved under the previous administration. For one example, this report[0] was published almost exactly one year before the attacks.

[0] https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/the-facts-about-mili...

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Re:‘We May Have to Shoot Down This Aircraft’ by tatersolid on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:00AM (#20938213)

Interesting post with a more interesting publication date. The source is of course not known as a neutral publication, but I think it’s pretty clear in hindsight that Clinton gutted the military.

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