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USA trains pilots to shoot down airline fights

Washington, USA – Preventive security measures taken by the US Department of Defense (DoD)

There won’t be another September the 11.Yesterday evening during a press release, General Ralph Eberhart, Dod’s spokeman and Director of Norad (North American Aerospace Defense), declared that US pilots of fighter aircraft are trained to shoot down airline planes. However, the General reassures that this behaviour will be adopted only in case of extreme necessity, but pilots have to be mentally pre...

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Rome, Italy, 10/03/2003 19:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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