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Committee Sensitive Wash Center R17 Transcript Tape provided by FAA on Sep 25, 2003 Transcribed by Miles Kara Sep 25-26 2003 Quit 25 flight 1347-1430 GMT 021

R17:

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UNK: I'm going to give you a hand off right now coming out of Patuxent restricted area, Quite 25 scrambled on his own, headed towards Baltimore, stay at 23 , flight of 3 , about 1 0 in trail -. ,

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R17:

OK

UNK:

Squawking 7777

R17:

Landing Baltimore or what

UNK:

No, they are staying up there, they, because

R17:

Whatever

UNK:

Yeah because it's a military command

044 Wash Dep: 91 line: 10 code, Venus 77 going to be holding south of Washington\60 miles climbing to 19 wants to go higher OK what's his code again 0310 OK, I see him, what is he, what size 's a heavy 757 where's he want to go He wanted to hold at 25, he's 60 miles south What's tne call sign again VENUS 77

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Committee Sensitive R17: 055

\, a 757, eh

Wash Dep: R17:

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machine on him is there

Wash Dep

No, he's a priority missl

Quit 25:

with you at 230

R17:

Quit 25, Washington Center

Quit 25:

Sir we're getting some instructions here, we may need to proceed

R17:

OK, just keep me posted

Quit 25:

Washington Center

R17:

Go ahead

Quit 25:

Yes sir, we've been ordered to proceed to our CAP

R17:

You've been ordered to proceed to where

Quite 25:

We have a CAP, national security 3925 7702, priority one

R17:

Quit 25, say that again please

Quite 25:

Yes sir, we are proceeding to a CAP point 3925 7702

R17:

Roger

R17:

Quit 25, what are your intentions once you arrive there

Quit 25

We are to set up a CAP over Washington

R17:

Roger

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Background: Did they stop all flights now Female voice: Yes sir Unk:

Andrews, I was just told that I could

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Committee Sensitive R17: Well, uh, I'll check, I just talked to Andrews and they don't want to take any traffic including military

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R17:

Are you still watching that Quit 2 5

UNK:

Yeah

Quit 25:

Washington Center

R17:

Go ahead

Quit 25: Sir, we've been ordered to set up a CAP here at a point 18 miles off the nose, what we would like to do is run on an NE-SW CAP, ten mile legs, possibly 20 if we can get it. 138

R17:

OK, Quit 25, you're cleared as requested

Quit 25:

Copy

144 R17: toUNK, hey can you see the code 7777 south of national, he's hovering there, obviously, the sector south of you, who do I need to call, 23

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UNK:

South of that is Iron 23, then Montebello is next to me

UNK:

You see the point out Quit 25 South of Nottingham

UNK:

It's a flight of three

UNK:

I see all three

UNK:

Flight of three F-16s, FL 230 going to Richmond

R17: No, he's not going to Richmond, he's actually hovering about 40 miles south of National

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UNK:

OK, he's point out approved

Quit 25:

Washington Center

R17:

Go ahead

Quit 25:

We've got a new CAP point, its ah north of our present position 20

R17:

OK, that's approved

miles

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Committee Sensitive Quit 25:

Thanks we'd still like to hold west of the CAP point, 20 mile legs

R17:

OK, that's also approved sir

Quit 25:

Thank you

182 R17: This is sector 17, you see the point out Quit 25, SW of Washington flight of 3 F-16s that are going to be hovering out of there at 23 UNK:

There's three of them out there, OK, thanks

R17: Swan, Swan 91 you still watching that 7777, he's going to be hovering out there again

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SWAN:

Yeah, we're watching him

Quit 25:

Washington, any change of getting a block altitude 230-250

R17:

Standby one moment

R17:

Sector 12 and 09, Quit 25 on the point out S of Washington

UNK:

Yeah, I'm watching him, is he climbing

R17:

He wants to go 23 to 25

UNK:

And he's going to go 25 to 23, 23 to 25, blocking altitude

R17:

That's correct

UNK:

Quit 25 I will watch

R17:

Quit 25 maintain block altitude 230 through FL 250

Quit 25:

Copy that, 230 through 250, thank you

R17:

Roger

251 R17: Potomac, the point out Quit 25, SW of Washington, flight of 3 F16s wants to block 23 to 25 Potomac: 274 UNK: out there

OK, point out Point out west of Washington, Quit 25, 3 F-16s that are hovering

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Committee Sensitive R17:

[that's] Quit 25

SWAN:

Point out west of Washington, Quit 25, 3 F-16s

R17:

Point out approved

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R17:

Quit 25 Ident

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UNK:

Affirm

Quit 25:

with the flash

R17:

OK, I've got you now

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344 R17: Quit 25 are you aware of an aircraft about 6 miles now, basically over the White House Quit 25:

No we're not, stand by

R17:

Quit 25 Ident again please

Quit 25:

With the flash, any history on the plane over the White House

R17: westbound now

Yeah, there's a target there indicating 22400 blocking 5426—

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Quit 25:

Affirm

R17:

Is that one of your aircraft, one of your formation

R17:

Center

Quit 25:

I intercepted [?am intercepting?] aircraft over White House

370 R17: thousand 800

Quit 25, the traffic is 9 o'clock about 3 miles west, indicating 23

375 SWAN: That Quit 25 you are watching, he's down about 12 I guess he's on a mission of some sort R17:

Oh yeah, yeah

378 Quit 25: Washington, give me information on the aircraft over the White House, coming over the White House R17:

Quit 25, say that again

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Committee Sensitive Quit 25: White House

Where is that bogey over the White House, I am currently over the

380 R17: Okay, the aircraft now, that I was referring to, is at your 7 o'clock position, westbound indicating 24 thousand Quit 25:

I'm not [hearing] the altitude, say the altitude

R17:

Altitude, flight level 240, westbound, code is 5426

Quit 25:

OK, Washington, that is one of our aircraft

R17:

Roger

New Voice:

Quit 25, Center

Quit 25: the White House

Center, Quit 25 apparently that aircraft is one of ours that's over

New Voice: OK, sir, we see a code down there we also see somebody now orbiting over Dulles airport at FL 240, might be a flight of two, could you have him contact us on this frequency so we can make radar identification with him. Quit 25: OK, that is my remaining number two and number three wingmen in a CAP from 330 to 250 New Voice:

OK, and you're verifying that they are squawking 5426

Quit 25:

Affirmative

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New Voice:

Thank you very much sir

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Quit 25:

I need to ID aircraft by the Pentagon

R17:

Quit 25, say again

Quit 25:

[breaking up]

Quit 25:

?? your squawk over the White House?? [not clear]

Quit 25:

Center, Quit 25 is climbing back to 230

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R17:

Roger

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Quit 25:

Center

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Committee Sensitive R17:

Go ahead

Quit 25:

My wingman squawk is 5426 and 5427, I'm squawking quad 7

R17: first fighter up] Quit 25:

Roger, and who's squawking 7014 [Note: this is probably Andrews I have no idea

R17: I have a 7014 code right in between you and the 5427 code there of twenty five thousand, one of your guys Quite 25: Negative, not one of my guys, we're squawking 5426, 5427, that's my number 2 and my number 3, and I'm squawking quad 7 441

Quite 25:

Do you have a point out where he'sat

R17: Right to your 6 o'clock of your number two guy at 25 thousand heading east bound right back towards the White House at FL250, intermittent but I'm getting a 7014 squawk also

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Quit 25:

[brief, unintelligible]

R17:

OK Quit 25 we just got, your tanker is [cut off]

Quit 25:

Copy that

Quit 25:

Washington, can you put the tanker at 260 if possible

R17:

You talking about your tanker aircraft

Quit 25: fighters at

Yeah we've got a block at 230 to 250 that we have the three

R17: of Nottingham

Yeah he's at block 26 to 27 thousand currently circling just South

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OK, copy that

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