On Saturday, a commercial airline pilot turned his radio to the wrong frequency and was out of radio contact with air traffic controllers for 15 minutes. Within that 15 minute time span, "F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base."
On October 25, 1999 (my 42nd birthday), a private jet carrying professional golfer Payne Stewart crashed near Aberdeen, SD. Both crew members and the passengers were killed. Air traffic controllers realized that they had lost contact with the plane around 9:38 am. Within 14 minutes, a jet from the "40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base" was scrambled to intercept the plane.
Why am I sharing this information about two flights spaced 11 years apart? In both cases, the Air Force was able to launch jets to investigate a potentially serious situation in a short amount of time.
So, why is it that on September 11, 2001, with 4 hijacked commercial planes in the air, the same Air Force was unable to get even ONE jet up to investigate these situations? Not one.
At least two of these hijacked jets were in the air for more than 30 minutes without official radio contact and/or their flight responders turned off. Passengers and members of the flight crews were using cell phones to call loved ones and authorities to inform them of the hijackings.
Even after the first plane plowed into one of the World Trade Center Towers, the Air Force hadn't ordered as little as one fighter off of any tarmac. The ONLY Air Force jet to get a visual on one of the hijacked planes was a jet passing by and the pilot only saw the last few seconds of the plane that plowed into the Pentagon.
All I'm saying is that the lack of response on the part of the US Air Force on 9/11 strikes me as very, very peculiar.
On October 25, 1999 (my 42nd birthday), a private jet carrying professional golfer Payne Stewart crashed near Aberdeen, SD. Both crew members and the passengers were killed. Air traffic controllers realized that they had lost contact with the plane around 9:38 am. Within 14 minutes, a jet from the "40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base" was scrambled to intercept the plane.
Why am I sharing this information about two flights spaced 11 years apart? In both cases, the Air Force was able to launch jets to investigate a potentially serious situation in a short amount of time.
So, why is it that on September 11, 2001, with 4 hijacked commercial planes in the air, the same Air Force was unable to get even ONE jet up to investigate these situations? Not one.
At least two of these hijacked jets were in the air for more than 30 minutes without official radio contact and/or their flight responders turned off. Passengers and members of the flight crews were using cell phones to call loved ones and authorities to inform them of the hijackings.
Even after the first plane plowed into one of the World Trade Center Towers, the Air Force hadn't ordered as little as one fighter off of any tarmac. The ONLY Air Force jet to get a visual on one of the hijacked planes was a jet passing by and the pilot only saw the last few seconds of the plane that plowed into the Pentagon.
All I'm saying is that the lack of response on the part of the US Air Force on 9/11 strikes me as very, very peculiar.
There are a large number of things about 9/11 that seem "peculiar" to put it gently.
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