[Scan-DC] F-16 Jets Launched to Patrol in the East as a Precaution

[Emissary]

Anyone have an idea as to callsigns and coordination freqs..

Was the SPIDER callsigns from yesterday the ones they are refering to in
this post?

j
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60453-2003Aug14.html
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> F-16 Jets Launched to Patrol in the East as a Precaution
>
> By Bradley Graham and John Mintz
> Washington Post Staff Writers
> Friday, August 15, 2003; Page A11
>
> In the first minutes after yesterday's power blackout, the Pentagon
> launched two Air Force F-16 fighter jets to patrol skies between New York
> and Washington, and put other military aircraft on alert at eastern U.S.
> bases, defense officials said.
> ....
>
> "NORAD has no reason to believe there's an imminent airborne threat," a
> defense official said. But, he added, the decision was made to send the
> extra fighters aloft and put others on alert "as a precautionary
> measure." The planes took off from Andrews Air Force Base.