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If Trump Is Traveling And A Pilot Strays, Fighter Jets Will Follow

Traveling U.S. presidents get a flight restriction with a radius that spans 30 nautical miles. When pilots fly inside that airspace, they risk being intercepted by the Air Force.
The Massachusetts Civil Air Patrol and the 104th Fighter Wing participate in an alert scramble exercise at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Mass.

A lone, single-engine Cessna airplane enters restricted airspace. The pilot ignores air traffic control, so the plane stays on course. That's when the F-16 fighter jet shows up outside the window with a warning call that blares over the radio: "You've been intercepted." This is what happened during a by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and conducted by the and the Colorado Air National Guard.

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