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NORAD Fighters Cause 'Sonic Boom' En Route to Intercept Unresponsive General Aviation Aircraft
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Posted on 02/17/2017 8:56:48 PM PST by ameribbean expat

A pair of Air Force F-15s, under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command, intercepted an unresponsive general aviation aircraft near the Palm Beach, Fla., area at approximately 7 p.m. EST.

The intercept required the Air Force F-15s from Homestead Air National Guard Base to travel at supersonic speeds, a sound noticed by area residents, to get to the general aviation aircraft where they were able to establish communications.

The intent of military intercepts is to have the identified aircraft re-establish communications with local FAA air traffic controllers and instruct the pilot to follow air traffic controllers’ instructions to land safely for follow-on action.

(Excerpt) Read more at norad.mil ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: aviation; f15; florida; palmbeach
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To: GOPJ

” Homestead’s about a hundred miles away... so they were really moving.”

Intercept in around 10 minutes from scramble?


41 posted on 02/18/2017 5:58:23 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Ray76

I think they have an air cap. I’m not sure if that continues while it is on the ground. Either way, if he was anywhere near close flying distance to this no-contact, then it was right and proper for the fighter planes to hit the pedal and get there.


42 posted on 02/18/2017 6:20:09 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Rebelbase

Sooner - Mach 1? Someone’s traveling faster than 761 mph...


43 posted on 02/18/2017 6:44:30 AM PST by GOPJ (The swamp is much deeper than any of us suspected... Freeper jimwatx...)
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To: GOPJ

Let’s use 900 mph for the sake of argument. That’s 6.6 minutes travel time. How long does it take a scramble from alert through take-off to reach 900 mph?


44 posted on 02/18/2017 6:53:55 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Proyecto Anonimo

Thank you.


45 posted on 02/18/2017 7:10:31 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Cementjungle

Interesting post. Thanks.


46 posted on 02/18/2017 7:40:54 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: Rebelbase
At full throttle burning fuel like a bat out of hell - What? Two minutes? I have no clue. Are you saying the planes didn't come from Homestead?
47 posted on 02/18/2017 8:19:02 AM PST by GOPJ (The swamp is much deeper than any of us suspected... Freeper jimwatx...)
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To: ameribbean expat

more here
F-15s Called On to Fend Off Unidentified Plane Near Mar-a-Lago

http://dennismichaellynch.com/f-15s-called-fend-off-unidentified-plane-near-mar-lago/


48 posted on 02/18/2017 5:33:27 PM PST by Whenifhow
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To: turfmann

Where is Otis AFB, Massachusetts? From what I remember (and this is clouded memory, there was a delay in getting the planes off because they didn’t have any armament, namely rockets, on them. Don’t know if the F15 had nose or wing cannons. If they did, and they were installed and loaded, then they could have taken off on command).


49 posted on 02/18/2017 9:04:25 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: ameribbean expat

If we had been flying those new F-15 Silent Eagles they wouldn’t have made any noise, or so I hear. LOL


50 posted on 02/18/2017 9:24:16 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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