I see nothing about flares or bouncing aircraft around in
turbulence, just the international standard procedures which have been
in effect for years, if not generations.

Three red flares were released by the intercepting a/c in the recent
incident (a pilot busting a presidential TFR). I am sure that even a
22-year-old fighter pilot fresh out of training would find an
intermediate step between the textbook warnings and the shoot-down.

If not, why have there been no shoot-downs in the U.S. since 9/11?
There have been plenty of incursions.


all the best -- Dan Ford
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