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Originally posted by IvanZana
This picture is avoided and undebunkable.
There is no proof of a boeing 757 crashing.
As you can see no fuel, no fire, no parts, NO Boeing 757 at Shanksville on 9/11
Mabey they are looking for cruise missile parts?
???
THE SCREAMING THING
At the horseshoe-shaped Indian Lake, about a mile east of the official crash site, several eyewitnesses recalled hearing “a screaming thing” that “screeched” as it passed over the golf course and lakeside community immediately before a huge explosion shook the ground.
Chris Smith, the groundskeeper at the golf course, said something with a “very loud screeching sound” passed over in the immediate vicinity of the golf course before he heard a huge explosion.
Cruise missile video. Look like a small white plane.
You will take what as a "no"? I did not respond to anything that required yes or no. How absurd your statement is.
originally posted by OrionStars
They were already in NYC playing anti-terrorist games with real airplanes on 9/11/2001. So why didn't they intercept because they were there? They did not do that. NORAD and the FAA claim they thought it was part of the games.
originally posted by me
NORAD was not in New York before the attacks. Can you provide a link confirming that the FAA and NORAD thought the attacks were part of a drill?
Originally posted by Swampfox46_1999
You really just dont get it do you? Those planes that were taken to the exercises werent "alert" planes. Again, go reread the history of the 90s. The Air Force wasnt provided the money to keep more than 7 bases as alert bases (yes it DOES take money) nor more than 14-16 planes on ready alert.
You have received enough validation of military anti-terrorist games being played on 9/11/2001, including around NYC, to fill a small pond. Did you bother to read it when it was presented each and every time? If not, stop asking. Nothing is going to change from what was already redundantly presented.
Originally posted by billybob
if i was at the helm...
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
And you really don't get it that any plane can be made an "alert" plane in an emergency like 9/11.
Those planes that were on the exercise could have been used to help intercept the 9/11 planes.
[edit on 17-1-2008 by ULTIMA1]
Originally posted by ZeddicusZulZorander
Originally posted by billybob
if i was at the helm...
That's exactly what my buddy says after every football game. Of course he can't play at all, but in his mind he's one amazing quarterback.
It seems pretty easy for him to come up with the "perfect play" or best plan after the fact too.
It always amazes me how many experts at national security and terrorism we have around now. Other then my in-laws who ARE actual experts, I probably know another 40 or 50 that became experts just a few years ago.
And you really don't get it that any plane can be made an "alert" plane in an emergency like 9/11.
Originally posted by Swampfox46_1999
Yep, and by the time we regenerated our jets for combat sorties (i.e. armed them, fueled etc...) it was just over an hour...so yes, we now had combat ready jets.......but by that time, it was too late.
5 minutes is the MAX Swamp. Jets are always on standby, that means, running, fueled, loaded with weapons and pilots meteres away playing cards.
Originally posted by IvanZana
5 minutes is the MAX Swamp. Jets are always on standby, that means, running, fueled, loaded with weapons and pilots meteres away playing cards.
Originally posted by Bunch
Short answer no. With all the confusion that I imagine was going on in that day, the contingency plans would stand as they were at the time, meaning follow written actions and procedures. That why we practice in the military over and over and over.
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Well your wrong, because i was a crew chief in the Air Force and know what can be done on a flight line.
[edit on 18-1-2008 by ULTIMA1]
Originally posted by OrionStars
reply to post by Bunch
Where would the military place its most strategic bases for early interception? In the interior of the US? Or closer to each coastline and at each border?