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The Heroic Story of a 9/11 Female Fighter Pilot That You've Probably Never Heard Before
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| September 9, 2016
| ELEANOR SHEEHAN
Posted on 09/10/2016 7:44:20 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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I've never heard of this story before. So I figured it's worth posting, considering what date this Sunday is.
And to make sure that the story is true, I did I little checking first. CSPAN did an interview with the pilot. She talks about her experiences on 9/11. Yep, her mission was a kamikaze one
https://www.c-span.org/video/?300959-1/major-heather-penney-september-11-2001
To: Leaning Right
Would the title have read “Male Fighter Pilot...’?
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:49:15 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:49:44 PM PDT
by
TEXOKIE
(We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
To: Leaning Right
I've never heard this story before, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was complete B.S.
If the U.S. military couldn't scramble an armed fighter jet from Andrews Air Force Base to deal with a threat to the nation's capitol, then everyone in the Pentagon should have been lined up and executed the next day.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:50:55 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
To: Leaning Right
I’ve seen it ages ago on one of the many, many 9/11 documentary shows I record and watch religiously every year.
She was actually 1 of 2 from Andrews.
It’s another compelling story.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:51:05 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Leaning Right
Courage in the air was strong that day.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:51:10 PM PDT
by
onona
(Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
To: Leaning Right
Funny, she wasn’t mentioned in “Clear the Skies,” a great documentary about the pilots and FAA that day. Doesn’t mean she isn’t the real deal, I just wondered why they missed her?
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:52:45 PM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: Alberta's Child
Have you ever watched the myriad 9/11 shows?
I have seen every single one, and know this story from long ago. It is part of one of those documentaries. She and her partner were interviewed in it. Years ago.
And you apparently don’t know just how few planes there were to take care of anything on this whole East Coast. Armed or not. Counting them, about 6 total. There was no time to arm their planes; something just had to be put up as a presence and recognizance, at least.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:53:42 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Alberta's Child
I've never heard this story before, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was complete B.S. Well, I guess it's possible that Major Penney was lying during that CSPAN interview. But I think it's more likely that the 9/11 attacks caught the government completely unprepared.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:54:25 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: LS
She and her partner were indeed featured years ago on one of the many 9/11 shows. It is one of many shown every year.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:54:31 PM PDT
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the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:55:21 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Alberta's Child
If the U.S. military couldn't scramble an armed fighter jet from Andrews Air Force Base to deal with a threat to the nation's capitol, then everyone in the Pentagon should have been lined up and executed the next day. This always puzzled me. What is the the point of having fighter jets that cannot fight?
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:55:26 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
To: Alberta's Child
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:56:15 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
Huh?
People think it’s nothing but PC BS. That’s who cares.
And so do I. Their doubt is provably wrong.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:56:49 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Leaning Right
This is strange.
There was not one fighter pilot with ammunition available on 9/11???
That doesn’t sound right. If so - we need a new military command.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:57:18 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: Alberta's Child
My thoughts also. Our ready air defense fighters were not ready?
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:57:33 PM PDT
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
To: exit82
It’s called: recognizance, “presence” (psychological warfare) and last-ditch kamikaze.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:58:06 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: ladyjane
There were few fighters available, period. Few.
Never mind ready with crew AND ammo.
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:58:59 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: rockinqsranch
From your Wikipedia link (thanks), compare her philosophy with that of certain NFL players I don’t care to mention:
When asked why she was ready to fly a kamikaze mission, “Why? Because there are things in this world that are more important than ourselves. Freedom. The Constitution of the United States. Our way of life. Mom, baseball, apple pie; these things and so many more that make us uniquely American. We belong to something greater than ourselves. As complex and diverse and discordant as it is, this thing, this idea called America, binds us together in citizenship and community and brotherhood.”
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posted on
09/10/2016 7:59:54 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Like the guys on the USS Cole—guns with no bullets in them.
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posted on
09/10/2016 8:01:08 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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