Dave,
I was trying to back date the scenario to that of a previous (read
"cold-war") era!
Yes, I spent time in both SAC (96 Bomb Wing) and TAC (48th Tactical
Fighter Wing)!
Joe
Dave wrote:
>
> Joe, that would be the North American ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone)
> and they would first try to contact the pilot of baby blue on the radio
> ("unknown rider, unknown rider position <calls out lat/long> heading <calls
> it as he see's it> contact <appropriate air traffic control center> on
> <appropriate frequence>.") She gets a few tries before they scramble an
> active air defense sortie against her to visually ID baby blue, and baby
> blue gets an escort to a suitable landing site. Of course this could all
> have been prevented if a flight plan had been filed 24 hours in advance, and
> radio contact had been established with Air Traffic Control prior to
> entering the ADIZ
>
> Sorry, couldn't help it, wanted to make sure you knew that NORAD and Air
> Combat Command (ACC-formerly known as TAC and SAC) are not in the habit of
> shooting down defensless LBCs
>
> btw, for the sake of political correctness, let's use their current flags as
> kill symbols, too much emotional and cultural baggage associated with those
> countries previous national flags...
> Dave
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