In article , "Pete"
wrote:

* US * wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:30:24 GMT, "Pete" wrote:

What units were ordered to "stand down"?

All of them, obviously.

All of them? So you're stating as fact that zero jets were launched from
Otis AFB, MA?
And zero jets were launched from Langley AFB, VA?

Let me say this again....you are stating, as fact, that on the morning of
9/11, no USAF jets (active, Guard, or Reserve) were launched specifically
to
intercept the hijacked airliners.

A simple yes or no will suffice.

Let me add that I live and work about 4 miles from the Pentagon. I
heard the airliner crash as a loud but muffled BOOM, much like the end
of a large fireworks display on the National Mall. Fireworks, however,
do not shake the windows; this did.

Several minutes after the BOOM, I realized there was something
distinctly unusual when I heard fighters overhead, in military power.
I'm guessing these were the Andrews F-16's, although they might have
been the Langley aircraft.