Reply #9: For all the chatter, there was no heightened alert. [View All]

[Old and In the Way]

14 planes on alert for the entire continental US. $400BB/year military budget and 14 planes?

And what about the general that said the Otis jets were flying like scalded apes....at about 1/2 their rated airspeed? Or the general that said the radar was pointed the wrong way on 9/11?

Or the Ohio base commander that was asked for intercept permission and munitions requirements. He was told to arm the planes with "everything you've got"...thereby assuring a delayed response. Why would ATA missles be required for the initial interceptors? Wouldn't the intent be to get up and see what was going on in the cockpit? I believe that the person who gave the orders to max load the planes there is deceased.

And why does Gen.Meyer, in charge that day and AWOL during the entire attack on 9/11, get promoted to JCS 2 weeks later?