When the alarm sounded at Andrews Air Force Base, Lt. Col. Tim Lehmann abandoned his lunch, sprinted toward the runway and jumped into one of the two waiting F-16 fighter jets. He had no idea how close he’d come to shooting down a small plane headed straight for the White House. He didn’t have details about the plane — the “target of interest” in fighter pilot lingo. But he’d practiced the scramble some 25-30 times and he’d intercepted about a dozen aircraft that strayed into restricted airspace since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Full Story
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