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F-16s Scrambled Over Eilat Following Aerial Trespass
Israel National News ^
| 21:55 Oct 11, '03 / 15 Tishrei 5764
Posted on 10/11/2003 2:18:56 PM PDT by yonif
(IsraelNN.com) Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled over Eilat this afternoon after an unidentified civilian aircraft entered Israeli airspace. It appears the aircraft, on its way to a neighboring Arab country, strayed from its air lane in Jordanian airspace. The pilot obeyed instructions to return to the proper aerial lane.
The low altitude flight of the fighter craft resulted in the sonic boom disturbing the tranquil afternoon in the Eilat area.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: f16; f16s; israel; lawndarts; trespassing; waronterrorism
Could they be testing Israel's aerial response, in preparation for a 9/11 type attack in Israel?
They will never succeed.
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posted on
10/11/2003 2:18:56 PM PDT
by
yonif
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; Paved Paradise; Mr. Mojo; Thinkin' Gal; Bobby777; adam_az; Alouette; ...
Ping.
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posted on
10/11/2003 2:19:16 PM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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posted on
10/11/2003 2:19:37 PM PDT
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To: yonif; dennisw; Yehuda
It appears the aircraft, on its way to a neighboring Arab country This isn't Mr. Roger's neighborhood.
To: yonif
Pilot is lucky he got a warning.
To: Semper Paratus
I can't believe they even bothered to warn the plane... so little time required to get someplace populated.
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posted on
10/11/2003 3:31:53 PM PDT
by
Camel Joe
(Proud Uncle of a Fine Young Marine)
To: yonif
That was my first thought.
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posted on
10/11/2003 5:49:16 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(The left always "feels your pain" unless of course they caused it.)
To: yonif
They should do more patrols, especially spyflights over the West Bank and maybe Gaza, since it would only take a second to pass it up. So tiny.
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posted on
10/11/2003 7:32:09 PM PDT
by
bluelowrider57
(More of da thugz crawlin)
To: Semper Paratus; yonif
"Pilot is lucky he got a warning."
Pilot is even luckier he immediately obeyed the warning. Could have been confetti spread over a half mile of the surface.
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posted on
10/11/2003 7:36:01 PM PDT
by
Salem
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To: Thinkin' Gal
Whatever happened to Babylonian? I always liked his posts.
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posted on
10/12/2003 12:05:50 AM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
(There are very few shades of gray.)
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