not
was the
government
doing
on
9-11?
Page
8 of 31
9/12/01,8:40,
NORAD,
9/18/01, 8:40,
AP,
8/19/02, 8:40, Newsday,9/10/02]8:40 A.M. Maj. Daniel
Nash
(codenamed
Nasty)
and Lt. Col. Timothy Duffy
(codenamed
Duff),the two
F-15
pilots
whowould scramble after
Flight
11
and
then
Flight
175,
are
informed
that
a
flight
out of
Boston
has been hijacked, and to be on
alert.
They put on
theirflight
gear
and get
ready. [Cape
Cod
Times, 8/21/02] Duffy also
says
that
they were
told
in
advance about
the
hijacking
by the
FAA
n
Boston.
They
are
already halfway
to
their
jets
when
"battle
stations"
are
sounded. [Aviation
Week
and
Space
Technology, 6/3/02]0minutes since
initial
notification
of
hijacking(8:46 A.M.) 2
F-15
fighters are
ordered
to scramble from Otis Air National 6-8 minutes after
Guard
Base
in
Massachusetts
to
find
Flight
11,
approximately
190
initial
miles from
the
known location
of the
plane
and 188
miles
from
New
notification
of
York
City. Fighters
in
other nearby
bases
are not
scrambled. [8:39, hijacking
Channel 4
News,
9/13/01, 8:46,
NORAD,
9/18/01, 8:44, CNN,9/17/01, 8:44, Washington
Post,
9/15/01]8:52 A.M.
Two
F-15's
take
off
from Otis
ANG
Base,
6
minutes
after
beingordered to go
after Flight
11, which has already crashed. [8:52,
NORAD,
9/18/01, 8:52, CNN, 9/17/01, 8:53, Washington Post,9/12/01, 8:52,
Washington Post,
9/15/01] They
go
after
Flight
175
instead. According
to
Maj. Gen. Paul Weaver,
director
of the Air
National Guard,
"the
pilots flew
'like
a
scalded
ape,
1
topping
500
mph
but
were unable
to
catch
up to the
airliner."
[Dallas Morning
News,
9/16/01]
NORAD
Major Gen. Larry Arnold
says
they
were
headed
straight for New York City and
traveling
about
1100
to 1200mph. [Slate,
1/16/02]
"An
F-15 departing from Otis
can
reach
New
York
City in 10 to 12 minutes, according to an Otis
spokewoman."
[Cape
Cod Times, 9/16/01] According to Lt. Col.Timothy Duffy,
one of the
pilots,
before
takeoff,a
fellow
officer
had
told
him
"This
looks
like
the
real thing."
He
says,
"It
just seemedwrong.
I
just wanted
to get
there.
I was n
full-blower
all the
way."
A NORAD
commander
has
said
the
planes were stocked
with
extra
fuel
as
well.
[Aviation
Week
and
Space
Technology, 6/3/02]
Full-blower
is
very
rare
- it
means
the
fighters
are going as
fast
as
they
can
go.
F-15's
can
travel
over 1875 mph.
[Air
Force News,
7/30/97]
At an
average speed
of
1600
mph, they would have reached
New
York
City
in 7
minutes
-
8:59.
At an
average speed
of
1125
mph,they would have reached
it in 10
minutes
-
9:02
-
still
before
Flight
175
crashes.12-14
minutesafter
initial
notification
of
hijacking
6
minutes afterbeing ordered
to
scramble.
Yet
according
to the
NORAD
timeline,
these
planes take about
19
minutes
to
reach
New
York
City
-
less
than
600
mph.
Why so
slow??
9:03 A.M.
Flight
175, hitsthesouth
tower,
2World Trade Center. [AP,
23-26
minutes
8/19/02]
F-15
fighter
jets from Otis
Air
National
Guard
Base
are
still
after
initial
71
miles
or 8
minutes away. [9:02, CNN, 9/17/01, 9:02,
NORAD,
notification
of
6/26/2003
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