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Why didn't they give regards to Civil Air Patrol?

About 4 years ago, President Obama was playing golf about 5 miles (as the crow flies) from my house. All of the sudden, I heard the distinctive sound of a low-bypass turbofan screaming low over the house. Running outside, I see a twin-engine prop plane being escorted by a USCG helicopter (that really surprised me) while two F-16's were orbiting, all four aircraft were about 1000' AGL. I heard or saw three or four other intercepts overhead during the weekend. I don't know what these guys were doing (we live close to the approach to Witham Field), but I do not envy their experience once on the ground.

Too bad there wasn't this kind of protection and sense of urgency on 9/11. 4 commercial jet liners all diverting from planned routes on a beautiful sunny day and we were caught with our thumbs up our asses. Just sayin'

In addition to the fighter crossing in front of the plane, there is another fighter behind that's ready to blow you out of the air at a moments notice. Great video.

Love the offhand remark of "As much as this president travels, it gets expensive..." Really? Every president travels. A ton.

I had the good luck to talk to one of these F15/16 jocks for a couple hours. Pretty interesting. Aside from all the serious stuff its really about unleashing the jets and the fun of turning and burning down low, they get a charge out of it and the more the better. Told us about one fun intercept for somebody in Long Beach, some yokel threw a bunch of pot in a 182 and flew through the TFR and was herded towards LGB. They said one F16 was circling the port at full afterburner as the guy was forced down and of course arrested. Great fun and will always be remembered.

We used to see this all the time at Crawford for President Bush. They always had airborne patrols instead of scrambling aircraft. At night we called them "fireflies" when they would kick in the afterburners and go check out a threat or bug out at shift change.

In the 8 YEARS of Obama in the White House I can find only THIRTEEN News Articles with this much Interest, in what it was costing to Protect the President of the USA.. But now just 7 MONTHS into President Trump's Term in Office I found in just 10 minutes 108 NEWS Articles on the Cost to the People to Protect the President of the USA.. COME ONE PEOPLE this Anti-Trump crap is getting REALLY STUPID NOW!

didn't a rusky spyship just blow the theory of airspace protection all to hell.it's ok to sightsee over dc but god help me if i pull a banner over the golf course in palm beach.shut down south fl.podusizcomin!!!!

Thanks for spending our taxpayer money Jeff, those F-16s don't run on water, what an idiot to risk the pilots license and others for an unneeded intercept. It's not a game, it's serious, and TFRs are not just for the President. You really could not find another' story to do? But then again it was most likely planned and not unannounced.

I wonder if any consideration is given to "collateral damage" if they end up shooting the rogue craft out of the sky...the population on the ground.

Thanks for the story, I am sure most people enjoyed.
As for the want-to be spelling teacher,and critics!
ENOUGH SAID ...

When did Cessna change the spelling of their name to Cezzna? Oh wait, this is the News Media, where accuracy doesn't matter. Never mind.

The entire premise of the video was a "reporter" (liberal liar) acting. The flight was FULLY planned. I would bet the CAP and AF-Res were even in the same planning meetings.

Pretending there was "no radio contact" is a fallacy, even if there was none - everything was a "known". I would also bet that the CAP guys were former intercept guys (putting them even more in the know). I would also bet that had the AF known that this was going to turn into an ignorant, and idiotic report by the liberal media..they would have never allowed this clown in the crop duster.

But, what would I know (other than the whole thing was acted out about as well as a high-school play by the idiot in the back seat)