U.S. Military Trains to Shoot Down Jets

U.S. Military Trains to Shoot Down Jets

(EXCERPT) By MATT KELLEY The Associated Press Thursday, October 2,
2003; 5:54 PM

WASHINGTON - At least twice a week, the military practices what two
years ago would have been nearly unthinkable: shooting down a civilian
airliner hijacked by terrorists.

Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, head of U.S. Northern Command, said Thursday
that strong safeguards are in place to prevent an accidental or
unwarranted shootdown of a...

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Subject: U.S. Military Trains to Shoot Down Jets
From: Otis Willie
Date: 10/3/03 1:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id:

Yeah the German's had loads of them in WW II except that it wasa us they were
after.

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer