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F-16s respond to flight near Mexican boundary line in azimuth
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May 19th, 2010Uncategorized
mete/a>=”0″ width=”220″>capital of Arizona/a> — The North American aerospace defence bidding says two F-16 battler aeroplaneintercepted an ultralight.aircraft near the U.S.-United Mexican States border in West Saxon Arizona.
The plane crossed from Mexicointo Arizona just after 6 atomic number 95 Dominicus NORAD dispatched two F-16s from Davis-Monthan Air Force alkali in Tucson and they shadowed the ultralight for about 30 minutes until it flew back into Mexico.
Lt. Cmdr. Gary Sir John John Ross says he was unaware of any wirelesscommunication contact with the small plane.
Ultralight aircraft are sometimes used to carry drug and other contraband across the border.
NORAD responds about 200 times a year to aircraft flying without radiocommunication contact or in restricted airspace, but Sir John John Ross says it’s not typical for the dictation center to intercept an ultralight.
Sir John Ross could not provide further inside information about why F-16s were sent to intercept the aircraft Dominicus
