Seattle (the city of my birth BTW) is not only a soft target... it is an acceptable loss! ;)
Used to scramble fighters and lead them to intercept for a living... in the USAF!
Eagle 1: Eagle 2, hit the afterburners - got a bogie closing on Air Force 1. Weve been cleared to splash him.
Eagle 2: Roger that, Eagle 1. Coming up on bogie now, target locked.
Eagle 1: Roger that, Eagle 2. I dont have a fix on the bogie. Go ahead, youre clear to splash the bogie.
Eagle 2: Roger that, Eagle 1. Bogie has been eliminated. Do you have Air Force 1 in sight?
Eagle 1: uhh, negatory, Eagle 2. That was the bogie you splashed.
Eagle 2: Whoops!