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NEADS

"MUST

ANSWER"

QUESTIONS

EQUIPMENT

ISSUES

(1)

The reach and extent of NEADS radar coverage:

—

Did any of the

four

hijacked

aircraft

travel into areas that were beyond

the

capabilityof NEADS radar equipment to pick up? If so, which

flights

and when?(NB: I assume that 93 and 77 might have for some period of time, but it isimportant to pin them down on specifics as to when they would have

"regained"

vision on the targets)(2)

Communications capabilities with

the

cockpits

of

scrambled aircraft:

~

Understand specifics

of any

limitations NEADS

has/had in

transmittingdirectlytopilotsofairborne

aircraft;

from

acommunications

perspective

(vs.

traffic

management),

why

does NEADS ever have

to "go

through"

the FAA to

talk

to

their pilots?

AA11

(1)

Response

-

Otis Scramble:

—

Nail down

the

path, speed

and

mission

of the

fighters;

why the

hold over

Whiskey? Why not

direct

an

immediate

CAP

over NYC, even

if the

target

has

disappeared? (i.e., hit the WTC)

(2)

Rebirthof

AA

11

—

Determine source

of

misinformation. Also,

if

NEADS understanding

was

that

a

hijacked

aircraft

washeadedforD.C., what warnings were senttoPentagon,White House, etc.? Why not contact Andrews?

UA175

(1)

Notification:

--

If/when

NEADS received notification

of the

hijacking

of UA

175?

—

Source

for

Chat

Log

entry (Bates

#15939)

and

NORAD

press

release thatasserts

"1243Z

FAA

NOTIFICATION

OF

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT

175

POSSIBLE HIJACK FROM BOSTON

-

SOURCE

RADES"

(NB:

UA 175

wasn't hijacked

at the

time

-

correct?)

See

documents faxed

to

Azzarello.

AA77(1)

Notification

—

Source

of

0924

notification

time

that

is

contained

in (1)

NORAD timeline

and

presentationto Commission last May? What exactly did they know about AA 77?

Fact it was

hijacked? Location?

If

so,

how?

(2)Tracking:

Independent of FAA notification, what measures (and when) did NEADS take to

track hijacked

or wayward

aircraft?

Did NEADS trackers ever

identify

AA 77?

If

not, why not?

(3)

Response

-

Langley

Scramble:

--

What was the target/reason NEADS launched Langley fighters? What wastheir mission? Direction?

Speed?

Was

NEADS communicating directly with

the

pilots

from

thetimeoflaunch?Ifnot,whynot?

UA93

(1)

Notification:

How and when did

NEADS first

learn about the hijacking of UA 93?

(2)

Tracking:

Independent of FAA notification, what measures (and when) did NEADS take totrack

hijacked

orwayward

aircraft?

DidNEADS trackers ever

identify

UA 93?

If

not, why not?

(3)

Shoot Down Order:

Understandthe specifics of WHO at NEADS received the shoot down order

(from

thetop brass down to the controllers), WHEN they received it, and WHAT they

did

with

it. In

particular

did the

pilots ever receive

the

order,

and if

not,

why

not?

Refer

to

tapes

and

chat

log

entries

-

(4)

ROE

-

Understand

the ROE

that

the

pilots

in

CAPs were operating under

at all

times.What was the

effect

of change in ROE

from

peacetime to transitional ROE?When

did it

happen? When

did

NEADS receive

the

written, approved ROE?Prior

to

that, what specific guidance

was

NEADS operating under?

FAA\NORAD

COORDINATION

(1)

Identify

all high level communications between NEADS and FAA:

—

Who did

Marr talk

to

within FAA? Anyone

at the

Command Center

or

WOC?What about Nasypany?

—

Did

NEADS establish

an

"open

line" within anyone

at the

FAA,

and if so whoand

when?Ifnot,whynot?

NEADS\CONR\CMOC COMMUNICATION

Understandthe chain of communications within NORAD on the morning of

9/11.

(Ibelieve Kevin

is

working

on

this issue).

Try to

gain

an

understanding

of

Arnold's

andEberhart's

involvement (if at all) in running the air defense operation. Confirm that there

are

no tapes/transcripts or other records related to these conversation.

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