On the West coast,after all that went on in N.Y. and PA and after all incoming
international flights were being diverted away from the U.S.,there was an
incident involving a Thai Airlines 747 inbound to San Francisco(around 10:00am
PST) that refused to divert to Mexico or Canada,claiming a low fuel state.Two
F-16's from the 144th FW,CA ANG based in Fresno were scrambled to intercept and
were cleared for max supersonic speed to make the intercept,which occured about
80nm off the CA coast..Not sure how fast they actually went to get to the 747
but their fuel state was enough for them to make the intercept,escort the 747
to SFO and recover in Fresno...F-16's were carrying 2 tanks,2xAIM-120's,and
2xAIM-9's..More here....
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archi...ard/index.html