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agbullet2k1 wrote:I could have sworn I saw some snipers, too, on top of mission control, because I'm pretty sure that roof access is pretty tightly controlled. Last time I went down to see one, security didn't seem quite that severe.
...guess it could have been the building manager...oh, well, I prefer to think snipers.
Same reason Air Force One has escorts. It's an item of national importance. Also, flying at about 2000 feet is low enough for most small private aircraft to reach, and with Homeland Security nowadays...CainA wrote:Another thank you for posting the video.
...and those escort/chase planes are for what reason?
-Cain
I could be wrong, but it looked like a T-38 to me, which is one of NASA's favorite rides. I assumed it was doing video of the flyover over JSC. I sure it had an escort or two, but they usually fly higher overhead to provide a better attack angle if they need to intercept a potential threat. Now, the black helicopter, that one may have been a little different story.agbullet2k1 wrote:Same reason Air Force One has escorts. It's an item of national importance. Also, flying at about 2000 feet is low enough for most small private aircraft to reach, and with Homeland Security nowadays...CainA wrote:Another thank you for posting the video.
...and those escort/chase planes are for what reason?
-Cain
The T-38s were for video/PR purposes. The F-16s can be seen in some of the other videos circling around at about 5000 feet. The Apache was flown out of Ellington by one of my coworkers. He just happened to be getting flight hours in that day and decided to wander over and get a front row seat. He wasn't carrying munitions....so he says.Keith B wrote:I could be wrong, but it looked like a T-38 to me, which is one of NASA's favorite rides. I assumed it was doing video of the flyover over JSC. I sure it had an escort or two, but they usually fly higher overhead to provide a better attack angle if they need to intercept a potential threat. Now, the black helicopter, that one may have been a little different story.agbullet2k1 wrote:Same reason Air Force One has escorts. It's an item of national importance. Also, flying at about 2000 feet is low enough for most small private aircraft to reach, and with Homeland Security nowadays...CainA wrote:Another thank you for posting the video.
...and those escort/chase planes are for what reason?
-Cain
. . . . nine more . . . through fiscal year 2010 . . .Wildscar wrote:hate to think that this might be the last time to see her in that fashion since they only have one more trip on the books right now.
agbullet2k1 wrote:[
The T-38s were for video/PR purposes. The F-16s can be seen in some of the other videos circling around at about 5000 feet. The Apache was flown out of Ellington by one of my coworkers. He just happened to be getting flight hours in that day and decided to wander over and get a front row seat. He wasn't carrying munitions....so he says.
LOL