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NORAD had a minimum of 40 minutes to intercept

Fl 77 detailed.JPG (14954 bytes)

We know it took off at 8:20 and crashed at 9:40.

It was in the air for 80 minutes !!

8:40	Plane goes off course
8:50	The FAA has lost radio contact
9:00	Plane changes direction

8:20:00

Plane departs from Dulles Airport.

8:25:49

Plane is instructed to climb to 27,000 feet.

8:37:39

Plane is instructed to climb to 39,000 feet, but the pilot requests and is granted a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet.

8:50:51

Last radio communication with aircraft.

8:56:00

Transponder contact lost.

8:56:32

Controller calls aircraft repeatedly: “American 77 indy radio check, how do you read?”

8:58:38

An American Airlines dispatcher tells the controller that “we’ll get a hold of him for ya.”

9:02:17

On a second call to American Airlines, the controller says, “We lost track control of the guy he’s in coast track but we haven’t— we don’t really know where his target is and we can’t get a hold of him.”

9:25

Controller observes the plane moving toward Washington.

9:33

Controller informs Operational Supervisor, whom in turn the US Secret Service. The aircraft is observed completing a right 360 degree turn, just south of the Pentagon.

9:36

National Airport instructs a military C130 (Golfer06) that had just departed Andrews Air Force base to intercept and identify it. Golfer06 reports it is a B767, moving low and very fast.

9:38

AA77 crashes into southwest side of Pentagon.

NORAD's official timeline

American Airlines flight 77 departs Dulles International Airport near Washington. 0820

FAA Notification to NEADS 0924 Fighter Scramble Order (Langley AFB, Hampton, Va. 2 F-16s) 0924 Fighters Airborne 0930 Airline Impact Time (Pentagon) 0937(estimated) Fighter Time/Distance from Airline Impact Location approx 12 min/105 miles

NORAD says they didn't know of hijacking till 9:24

9:00 jet turns

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Fighter units stationed at Andrews AFB
121 Fighter Squadron
The DC Air National Guard is located on Andrews Air Force Base, in Camp Springs, Maryland. We are home to the 113th Wing: the 121 Fighter Squadron (including the F-16 Fighting Falcons) and the 201 Air Lift Squadron; the 121 Weather Squadron; and the 231 Combat Communications Squadron. Provide the Air Force with fighter, airlift and support units capable of world-wide deployment. Professionally recognized as the premier unit in the Air National Guard. Promote the growth and development of a cohesive force. Strengthen the partnership with the DC National Guard and local community. Perform new and challenging missions.

VMFA 321
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 321 In the best tradition of the Marine Corps, a "few good men and women" support two combat-ready reserve units at Andrews AFB. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 321, a Marine Corps Reserve squadron, flies the sophisticated F/A-18 Hornet. Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49, Detachment A, provides maintenance and supply functions necessary to maintain a force in readiness. Additionally, the Marine Aircraft Support Detachment flies the C-12 and C-20 providing support for the commandant of the Marine Corps and other VIPs in the Washington, D.C., area.

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