SSGT ThreeDweeb vectors interceptor to defend Obama?

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An F-16 fighter jet intercepted a small private plane after it entered airspace that had been restricted because of a visit by President Barack Obama to Los Angeles on Wednesday night, defense officials told NBC News.



The single-engine Cessna 117 was intercepted northwest of Los Angeles shortly before 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET) and escorted to a landing at a small nearby airfield where it was met by law enforcement officers, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).


A similar scenario played out during Obama's February visit, when F-16 jets intercepted a plane that entered the airspace of Obama's helicopter, Marine One.


That plane was forced to land at Long Beach Airport, where police said they found about 40 pounds of marijuana during a search of the Cessna, and the pilot was arrested.



http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...icted-airspace?lite&google_editors_picks=true
 
Yeah, standard stuff when the President is out here. A lot of idiots have to fly their Cessnas around in a restricted airspace, and sometimes we have to intercept them. I still think his February visit was hilarious, because we weren't looking for drug traffic - it just fell into our lap.
 
Yeah, if we can reach pilots on radio frequencies, and get them to change heading, we can usually avoid scrambling on them. Unfortunately, they don't always respond...
 
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