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Flight 93

The 9/11 Mission was to Take Down Any Unresponsive Aircraft. The Only Option: ‘Fly Into It’

Sept. 10, 2021 | By John A. Tirpak
Then-1st Lt. Heather Penney's mission on 9/11 was to bring any airliner that didn't respond to commands down, causing as few casualties as possible on the ground. For Penney, an F-16 fighter pilot assigned to the District of Columbia Air National Guard's 121st Fighter Squadron, ...
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