[Future Useless Eater]

What? Moose was in charge of those jets? How did I miss THAT one?

at Andrews Air Force Base, he's known as Major Charles Moose. Commander of the 113th Security Squadron of the Air National Guard

The squadron failed to scramble for over an hour AFTER it was known there were terrorists in the skies over D.C.

[1rudeboy]

If one looks at your accusation on its face, i.e., that a local police chief is responsible for CAP over Washington, then it is very difficult from laughing out loud.

[El Gato]

at Andrews Air Force Base, he's known as Major Charles Moose. Commander of the 113th Security Squadron of the Air National Guard

The squadron failed to scramble for over an hour AFTER it was known there were terrorists in the skies over D.C.

A Security Squadron is an Air Force police/base defense unit, not a flying unit. You can tell that in part because it has the same number as it's parent wing, whereas the flying unit under that wing the 121st Fighter Squardon, has it's own number, which is standard Air Force practice.

Major Moose, assuming he was even there, which would be very unlikely on a weekday morning though not impossible, would have had nothing do with what aircraft were or were not flying. Getting aircraft into the air in an hour from a "cold start", would have been quite commendable, it might even be possible, although just barely, and even that is doubtfull. The aircraft they did put into the air, were already flying that morning, returning from an air-to-ground trainnig mission.

[SauronOfMordor]

The squadron failed to scramble for over an hour AFTER it was known there were terrorists in the skies over D.C.

Hmmm. Interesting coincidences between DC Snipers, terrorists, and a person whose official job it was to fight them.

Leave it to Freepers to connect the dots