From: Mike Marron

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Airborne in "4-minutes" is all hunky dory but since they reportedly
weren't even armed, what were the fighters gonna do if they merged
with the hijacked airliners -- RAM 'em?

Try some aerodynamics, the fighter puts his wing over the wing tip of the
airliner without touching and the airliner will roll in that direction. That's
one of the ways Hurricanes took out V-1s. It helped that the V-1 didn't have
the capability to self right, but you may be able to get the idea if you think
hard enough. If that doesn't work THEN you ram. One F-16 pilot versus how many
on the ground?

Now, try giving us exact examples of how the Air Force mission was to stop
9/11. Stop giving us "they should have known." All that proves is how you have
no idea what the USAF actually does.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired