Message posted by Joerg (Webmaster) on February 03, 2000 at 02:55:50 EST:
That sounds like a LOT of overhead, even if you can work with black budget money. They may in fact rely mostly on the early warning system. OTOH, the box goes only about halfway up Groom Lake Rd., and there is a major commercial airline corridor only about 50 miles to the north. That does not give them too much time to react. BTW, just for the record: The Pave Hawk does not routinely carry Stinger missiles, but I suppose it can be equipped with them fairly quick.
I overheard a fighter pilot getting into the box once during Red Flag on my scanner. He was chewed out royally, and ordered to RTB immediately, but there was no mention of an interceptor.
In Reply to: Re: F-15s at Groom posted by Magoo on February 02, 2000 at 22:30:06 EST:
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