IIRC some of the bases had armed fighters for drug-interdiction flights, but they were usually down South since that’s where the druggies were. Andrews didn’t keep aircraft armed or at that level of alert.
Because why? Did the Clintons think that all threats went away when Reagan and Bush 41 defeated the Soviet Union?
“Andrews didn’t keep aircraft armed or at that level of alert”
Given the propensity of Muzzies to shoot up military bases...do you want armed aircraft that close to DC? It’s a rhetorical question...kind of tongue in cheek. Of course you want to be able have armed aircraft for use at a moment’s notice but considering reality.....one has to pause and think.