These aren’t a new form of drills. When the 142nd in Portland got the alarm for the flight to Hawaii on Wed they were surprised when it wasn’t called off before they took off and more surprised they made the entire flight.
Well, if f22s and F16s are being scrambled to accompany planess just because some bozo on it got drunk and abusive, I say: send the drunk tha bill. No reason we taxpayers should have to pay for it.
Good to know that these warriors are there ready to keep us safe.
What could they do, though, if there really was a terrorist on board? Shoot the plane out of the sky?