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Now to tie up a lose end. I claimed that the Otis fighters were only given enough fuel to do a "patriots" flyover of the WTC AFTER 175 hit WTC2,but not enough to be a threat to the other planes to be 'hijacked' that day. I based it on the combat radius of an F15 (1200+ miles according to wikipedia) and the fact that at 9:09 that they had traveled less than the 153 miles between Otis AFB & NYC at 9:09 & the claim Capt. Lt Col. Duffy reported to NEADS that the fighters had "less than 30 of fuel remaining".
Now, while you are tying up loose ends, would you mind telling me what a “patriots" flyover is? Is this where we tow an American flag behind us while firing anti missile flares and dropping chaff, all of this while doing a victory roll?
By the way, if they only had enough fuel to do a “patriots” fly over, who the hell siphoned all of the fuel out of the alert aircraft?
You base your theory on the fact that the F-15 has a combat radius of 1200+ miles. But you fail to mention what configuration this aircraft was in. The Otis fighters were probably closer to a range of around 800 miles in their configuration.
Also, Duffy said they were “full blower” all the way through W-105. At that power, they were burning more than twice the amount of fuel they would have during a normal strike mission. After they slowed down to enter the holding pattern, 30 minutes of fuel remaining would have been close. Military thrust: 0.76 lb/(lbf•h), Full afterburner: 1.94 lb/(lbf•h).
You still haven’t answered the question posed to you by me and other members, what branch of the military were you in?
