[AmericanInTokyo]

ANG F-16s from 121st FS at Andrews also scrambled. But not before the Germans went up with AWACs.

[RDangerfield]

Ari Fleischer just confirmed that the plane that was scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base arrived after the plane entered and exited the White House space. Just as the planes scrambled on 9-11 arrived after the plane crashed into the Pentagon. In the nine months since the original attack, why hasn't a system been put into place to get a plane into the air to intercept?
--Raoul

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Rumsfeld spoke of their service in the past tense. I'm pretty sure he would have mentioned it if any NATO crews, which are multinational not just German, were still deployed to the States. If you've got a link to a source saying different, I'd appreciate seeing it. It was announced in late April that they were returning to Europe. The E-3 would already have been airborne.

Rumsfeld thanks NATO AWACS troops