And on 911- a young fighter pilot . .

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http://www.c-span.org/video/?300959-1/major-heather-penney-september-11-2001

August 8, 2011
Major Heather Penney on September 11, 2001


Major Heather Penney talked about her actions on September 11, 2001. Then a lieutenant, she was one of the first District of Columbia Air National Guard F-16 pilots scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base after the terrorist attacks. She described how she would have downed a civilian plane if necessary and why that would have been a suicide mission.
2011, HOW DID THE DAY BEGIN FOR YOU? >> IT WAS A NORMAL DAY, AS FAR AS WE WERE CONCERNED. WE HAD JUST PARTICIPATED IN A RED FLAG DEPLOYMENT THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS AND HAD RETURNED BACK HOME THAT..


http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4464378/cheney-911

http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4463953/vice-president-dick-cheney-morning-september-11

Vice President Dick Cheney on morning of September 11 Vice President Dick Cheney on morning of September 11




http://www.c-span.org/video/?300993-1/rear-admiral-david-thomas-september-11-2001
August 10, 2011
r AReadmiral David Thomas on September 11, 2001 Rear Admiral David Thomas described his actions on September 11, 2001. Then a captain, he was at a meeting at the Pentagon when terrorists attacks began. He described the inside of the burning Pentagon as he searched for his best friend.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?300426-1/gary-walters-september-11-2001&start=3
Gary Walters on September 11, 2001 Former White House Chief Usher Gary Walters talked about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He stayed at his post in the evacuated White House, seeing to the needs of the president and his staff. He described the change in President Bush’s demeanor when he returned to the White House after the terrorist attacks.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7lAJN1rmHk

F-15 Pilot from the Mass ANG Recalls Morning of 9/11

pprune.org/rumours-news/107-737-crashes-into-world-trade-centre.html

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I have seen that video before - it always made me wonder how quickly the paperwork could be completed for a pair of AMRAAMs to be pulled from the stores and latched onto an F-16 instead of sending them up "naked".

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I have seen that video before - it always made me wonder how quickly the paperwork could be completed for a pair of AMRAAMs to be pulled from the stores and latched onto an F-16 instead of sending them up "naked".


as this SLF- non fighter pilot understands it from other related aticles- paperwork was not the issue. The warheads and similar needed to be mounted and assembled in a different storage area, etc. Keep in mind that up to that date- intercepts for real baddies were focused outward, not inward. Intercepts for internal airtraffic- eg hijackers were mainly to track- identify and/or fly in front of airplane and' direct' them to a different path. I'm sure some fighter jock can give more details.

armorment at best/worst for such might be tracers across the nose-

That being said - other reports did mention that AFTER 911 for a while- fighters for a peeiod of time were considered to be ' weapons free " over the U.S capital, etc. and were sutiably armed.

Keep in mind that ALL air traffice was grounded within an hour or so in U.S ...