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Originally posted by earthtone
Why was this the only one that was intercepted? Thats my question. They said that no armed jets were able to get to the other planes. Did this squadron have time load up?
Originally posted by FredT
A plane striking the ground would leave a huge derbits field.
Originally posted by earthtone
Well that didn't seem to the case at the pentagon... I just struggle to believe that the most powerful nation in the world cannot even scramble armed jets. I think it is odd that it took that long. And FredT I do know what 'they' said about this but i find it hard to accept.
Originally posted by Sauron
As it says in the article the man was following orders, taken from the web site LetsRoll911.org
Major Rick Gibney did as he was ordered and did nothing criminal. He was merely following orders,
They, the Happy Hooligans, a unit of 3 F-16 aircraft, were ordered to head toward Pennsylvania. At 0957 they spotted their target; After confirmation orders were received, A one Major Rick Gibney fired two sidewinder missiles at the aircraft and destroyed it in mid flight at precisely 0958;
more
The F-16 Vipers Pilots Association
www.f16viper.org...
F-16 Viper Association Pictures
www.f16viper.org...
[edit on 20-8-2004 by Sauron]