[Scan-DC] Anybody hear this? ;-)

[kds@1bigred.com]

From http://www=2Edcrtv=2Ecom (But I don't see it on the CNN site=2E=2E=2E)

Chopper Intercepted By F-15 - 2/19 - CNN reports: "An unresponsive news helicopter in the restricted airspace around the nation's capital prompted a security scramble Wednesday by an Air Force F-15 and a US Customs Black Hawk helicopter, which intercepted the chopper over suburban Maryland=2E The helicopter - owned by local TV station WRC - was flying over the traffic-clogged Interstate 270 in suburban Maryland north of Washington and failed to respond to queries by radio from military crews patrolling the area, according Air Force Gen=2E John Jumper=2E Jumper, who is the Air Force chief of staff, and Secretary Of The Air Force James Roche were taking questions on a live radio call-in show when two drivers on cell phones called to report seeing the unusual movements of aircraft=2E Air Force officials said he North American Aerospace Command scrambled the F-15 and Customs helicopter=2E The traffic helicopter was identified and found to pose no threat to the region=2E As part of the stepped-up combat air patrols over Washington, Air Force fighters patrol at high altitudes, rapidly covering a large territory, while the US Customs helicopters patrol closer to the ground and at slower speeds"=2E=2E=2E=2E=
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Kurt!