Reply #10: I agree with one point... [View All]

[JackRiddler]

Yes, this summary should have also mentioned that there were four fighters within NEADS on constant call for interception duty (two each at Otis and Langley). The 9/11 excercises apparently did not involve those planes, so they were available for response.

But there had previously been more fighters on constant call: why was the number reduced during a period that authorities expected hijackings and kamikaze attacks? You had all these "warnings" and even direct planning for an attack on the Pentagon (MASCAL exercise, etc.), but simultaneously the number of "fire brigades" as you call them was reduced.

Furthermore, planes on exercises and non-NORAD planes (ANG) are also available for use as necessary in interception missions, and had been used in the past (Payne Stewart example).

Therefore I agree in the main with spooked911: If you want to arrange a 9/11 so that people involved in the air defense system do not realize what really happened, the best way to do that is to create confusion through the wargames:

-- Holding large-scale exercises on the day to divert resources to the far north (Northern Guardian);

-- Creating other exercises that confuse response to the hijacking scenario (Vigilant Guardian, Vigilant Warrior);

-- Injecting unknown live-fly craft and false radar blips to further confuse response.

The 9/11 Commission itself provides evidence of at least one false blip ("Phantom 11") that according to the report directly caused two of the planes on constant call (those from Langley) to fly to the wrong place.

-- Wargames provide an alibi for suppressing the information: if "we" fucked up because the wargames were "compromised," it's best to keep quiet about it so our enemies don't learn our weaknesses.

-- Suckering air force personnel into believing the official story.