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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by jdavis703 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:28PM (#28494461)
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.
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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by ykl on Saturday September 11, 2021 @05:01PM (#28495954)
IIRC 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.
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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by generj on Saturday September 11, 2021 @09:54PM (#28497917)
To 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

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