Posted on 05/17/2010 5:26:09 AM PDT by exbrit
PHOENIX (AP) - The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two F-16 fighter planes intercepted an ultralight aircraft near the U.S.-Mexico border in southwestern Arizona on Sunday.
The aircraft was flying from Mexico and crossed into Arizona just after 6 a.m. The two planes dispatched by NORAD intercepted the aircraft and shadowed it for about 30 minutes until it turned and flew back into Mexico.
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6am drug run
“shadowed it for about 30 minutes”
...awesome!
The call sign-Free Health Care one was a giveaway.
Just poor hard working illegals flying an ultralight that American’s won’t fly
Ultralight? One fast pass takes care of that one... one on either side, then watch the show!
An ultralight? Is that like a guy strapped to some wings with a lawnmower engine for power? How much marijuana could he be carrying?
Why didn’t they just shoot it down?
The F16s shadowed the ultralight?
I’m guessing S0 for the F16s is much higher thatn Vne for the ultralight.
“Monitored,” maybe, but not “shadowed.”
How many middle eastern illegals could it be carrying?
......How many middle eastern illegals could it be carrying?.......
My guess....
It was a reconnaissance aircraft directing high value illegals on the ground away from Border Patrol harm.
F 16’s shadowing an ultralight? Smells like The Onion here...
yep either it was drugs or something... heh
..three or four bricks of cocaine can make a daily or weekly run most profitable.
There are two-seater (fore and aft) UL’s, so I’d say a pilot plus 200# easy.
“The aircraft was flying from Mexico and crossed into Arizona just after 6 a.m. The two planes dispatched by NORAD intercepted the aircraft and shadowed it for about 30 minutes until it turned and flew back into Mexico.”
Hmm...why am I suddenly reminded of this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgIhf4rEPB0
Exactly. It was a hostile incursion into our airspace and we should have reacted accordingly. Once we start killing enough of these invaders the rest will learn not to come
Aircraft flown over the US/Mexico border busted
with $180,00 of marijuana weighing 223 pounds.
Wrapped in plastic beneath the frame, the marijuana
package was intercepted with state of the art radar.
I didn’t know an F-16 could fly slow enough to “shadow” an ultralight aircraft!
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