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U.S. Nearly Shot Down Plane Over D.C. Last Month

HeadlineJul 08, 2004

The Washington Post is reporting that the military almost shot down a plane carrying the governor of Kentucky to President Reagan’s funeral last month when the plane accidently entered a no-fly zone above the capital. According to the Post, the top general at the North American Aerospace Defense Command was on the telephone and prepared to order an F-16 fighter to shoot down the unidentified plane which had penetrated deep into the no-fly zone. Some officials said it was the closest the government has come to shooting down a civilian plane since the attacks on Sept. 11.

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