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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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THAT EXPLAINS IT. I was standing in my soggy ‘thesda garden yesterday, early evening, when I heard far too many military jets overhead. The sky was cloudy, so I couldn’t make any of them out when I looked up, but, intrigued by the noise, I kept scanning the sky. I’m not especially aware of jet noise around me, but this was unusual. Lots of swiftly streaking military aircraft. Awake much too early, I just checked the online news (while simultaneously listening to a fascinating BBC interview with Yoko Ono), and there’s this: ‘ WASHINGTON -- Federal air defense officials say a Cessna plane violated airspace around Washington Monday evening. Two F-16s were deployed to the area to intercept the plane, which was diverted to Montgomery County, Md., where the pilot was being interviewed by local authorities. The pilot complied with the fighter jets. The plane was headed from Knoxville, Tenn., to Gaithersburg, Md. This was the first time fighter jets were scrambled since the new Visual Warning System was deployed. The system was not used Monday due to the weather.’ |