FAA Tape Review

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Zulu Available Reviewed
ADW Radar Handoff 7981 C-1 1200-1245 1-2 Side one, two brief transmissions, not Kara 12/5
ATCT 1245-1330 responsive. Side two, klaxon-like ringing
towards end possibly in time frame of Langley
scramble
ADW Radar Handoff 7981 C-2 1330-1415 3-4 Side one, nothing responsive. Side two at Kara 12/5
ATCT 1415-1500 1421Z female voice says if he comes up on my
frequency he will be shot down. A later female
voice speaks to a caller about scheduling~not
apparent if this is Tower-related or Secret
Service detail-related
ADW Radar Handoff 7981C-3 1500-1530 5-6
ATCT 1530-1600
ADW TRACON 1200-1330 1-2 No No Nothing was recorded at this position for the Kara 11/6
ATCT Supervisor time period
ADW TRACON 1330-1500 3-4 No No Nothing was recorded at this position for the Kara 11/6
ATCT Supervisor time period
ADW TRACON 1500-1600 5-6 No No Nothing was recorded at this position for the Kara 11/6
ATCT Supervisor time period
ADW Assistant Local 1200-1330 1-2 Nothing was recorded at this position for the Kara 11/7
ATCT South time period
ADW Assistant Local 1330-1500 3-4 Brief conversation on first side re CAPPING the Kara 11/7
ATCT South Bullys over DC. Several transmissions on the
second side having to do with Secret Service
presence at National Tower. Agent at Andrews
Tower participates at least once. Name Karen
Pontius [FAA not Service]mentioned in
connection to fighter CAP.

ADW Assistant Local 1500-1600 5-6 Need to relisten to both sides with balance Kara 11/7
ATCT South control set, there are faint background
conversations
ADW Assistant Local 1200-1330 1-2 Nothing was recorded at this position for the Kara 11/7
ATCT North time period
ADW Assistant Local 1330-1500 3-4 May need to be transcribed. There are Kara 11/7-12
ATCT North transmissions relevant to Secret Service and to
ADW Assistant Local 1500-1600 5-6 Need to relisten to both sides with balance Kara 11/7
ATCT North control set, there are faint conversations

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ADW Local Control 1200-1330 1-2 Need to relisten to both sides with balance Kara 11/7
ATCT control set, there are faint conversations
ADW Local Control 1330-1500 3-4 Need to relisten to both sides with balance Kara 11/7
ATCT control set, there are faint conversations
ADW Local Control 1500-1600 5-6 Need to relisten to both sides with balance Kara 11/7
ATCT control set, there are faint conversations
ADW Clearance Delivery 1200-1330 1-2 Need to relisten to both sides with balance Kara 11/7
ATCT control set, there are faint conversations
ADW Clearance Delivery 1330-1500 3-4 Nothing Responsive Kara 11/7-10
ATCT
ADW Clearance Delivery 1500-1600 5-6 Need to relisten to both sides with balance Kara 11/7
ATCT control set, there are faint conversations
ATCSCC West NTMO Admin 1319-1432 1 No Dave James Nothing Responsive Kara 11/4
ATCSCC West NTMO Admin 1432-1515 2 No Dave James Nothing Responsive Kara 11/4
ATCSCC 33B Tactical 1307-1500 1 No Bill Two passages related to UA93, one to AA77, Kara 11/4
Customer Advocate see Information Tab
ATCSCC 33B Tactical 1500-1515 2 No na Nothing Responsive Kara 11/4
Customer Advocate
ATCSCC East NTMO 1302-1401 1 Yes Yes Jeff Griffith Must be read by all. Separate transcript Kara 11/4
Doug Gould made with additional background
Mike Artest conversations and suppressed non
John White responsive items
ATCSCC East NTMO 1401-1450 2 Yes Yes Jeff Griffith Must be read by all. Separate transcript Kara 11/4
Doug Gould made with additional background
Mike Artest conversations and suppressed non
John White responsive items
ATCSCC East NTMO 1500-1602 3 Yes Yes Jeff Griffith There is a separate telecon "Canole's Kara 11/5
Doug Gould Telecon." SCAT ANA is discussed toward
Mike Artest the end
John White
ATCSCC East NTMO 4 No No Side is blank Kara 11/5
ATCSCC NMO Operational 1241-1338 1 Yes Yes Ellen King No time stamp on this transcript AA talks to Kara 11/5
Merino (AA) perhaps Linda and tells her AA77 is missing,
Tommy, Terry 'seventy seven is up there also"

ATCSCC NMO Operational 1338-1440 2 Yes Yes Ellen King United asks about 175. FBI asks about Kara 11/5
American and Indianapolis. United calls, Sandy
Rogers, about UA93.
ATCSCC NMO Operational 1440-1515 3 Yes Yes Ellen King Not Responsive. Deals with aftermath and Kara 11/5
entities trying to use NAS is some way.

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ATCSCC Pos 6, Ops Support 1245-1345 1 Yes Yes Same conversations as on other tapes, different Kara 11/5
Position position
ATCSCC Pos 6, Ops 1345-1450 2 Yes Yes NEADS on the bridge at 1417Z, See Kara 11/5
Support Position Information Sheet. Conversation with ZKC
reference AA77. See Information Sheet
ATCSCC Pos 6, Ops Support 1450-1515 3 Tape has lost itself for the moment. We have Kara
Position the transcript. Still no NORAD on the bridge.
ATCSCC Pos 22B, Alb, Dvr 1215-1515 1-3 Yes Yes Doug No time stamp on this transcript. It picks up Kara 11/5
and LA Centers conversations from NOM position. Clearest
taping yet of comment, "Yeah, it can't be
American, not enough damage"
ATCSCC Pos 3, ARO 1215-1515 1-3 Yes Yes No time stamp on this transcript. Nothing on Kara 11/5
side 3, certificate to that effect. Nothing
responsive on sides 1 and 2.
ATCSCC Pos 24 1247-1515 1-3 No No Pos 24 deals with ZHU (Houston) and ZFW Kara 11/10
(Fort Worth) and has not been listened to
ATCSCC Pos 13 1405-1515 1 No No Pos 13 deals with ZAU (Atlanta) and ZMP Kara 11/10
(Memphis) and has not been listened to
ATCSCC Pos 13B 1426-1515 1 No No Pos 13B deals with ZAU (Atlanta) and ZMP Kara 11/10
(Memphis) and has not been listened to
ATCSCC Pos 13C 1422-1515 1 No No Pos 13C deals with ZAU (Atlanta) and ZMP Kara 11/10
(Memphis) and has not been listened to
ATCSCC Pos 11 1337-1515 1-2 No No Pos 1 1 deals with ZSE (Seattle) and ZLC (Salt Kara 11/10
Lake) and has not been listened to
ATCSCC Severe Weather 1230-1515 1-3 Duplicative of CC East conversations, but from Kara 11/10
Unit a different perspective. Listen to CC East tapes
first and fill in background gaps from these
tapes
BWI Baltimore Low, 1356-1407 1 No No Contains two brief notifications to Baltimore Kara 11/10
Arrival Data about the status of UA93. Not Responsive
DCA R05 1220-1236 1 1 Not listened to, has to do with takeoff of AA77; Kara 11/10
ATCT DOS 1220-1236 NOTE: listened to by GB, concluded nothing
important.
DCA CD 7980-A 1310-1348 1 Normal ATC conversations, some insight as to Kara 12/28
ATCT timing of ground stop at tower level
DCA GC 7980-B 1303-1335 1 Ground Control activities, nothing responsive Kara 12/28
ATCT

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[5CA ALCS 7980-F 1324-1402 1 Assistant Local Control South. Picks up with Kara 12/30
ATCT call from Wanda to ground stop everything and
some further related transmissions. Call from
Becky dealing with "inventory" and she is told of
an untagged plane from the west hitting the
Pentagon
DCA LCN 7980G-1 1307-1505 1 Dup of next item. Has LCN ground stopping at Kara 12/30
ATCT 1520-1611 Command Center request, approx 0929 EOT,
prior to Pentagon impact. LCN controller also
identifies the "Look" tag as a 757.
DCA LCN 7980G-2 1307-1505 1 See Above Kara 12/28
ATCT 1520-1611
DCA DC 7980-J 1329-1345 1 Starts with hold indefinitely, DCA arrivals. "That Kara 12/30
ATCT 1418-1428 guy hit the Pentagon." Conversation re tracks
coming in from the West. Reports of a United
757 going to crash into airport or the White
House... United 253.
DCA Radar Supervisor 7980-K 1329-1400 1 Contains the two calls to National by Dulles re Kara 1/2
ATCT the fast moving primary and calling the White
House. We have these conversations
elsewhere. Also conversations about Venus 77
wanting to go to Offut. Need to transcribe this.

DCA F1 7980-L 1302-1319 1 1 ) Announces two impacts into WTC, one large. Kara 12/30
ATCT 1332-1344 One a/c said they heard something about a DC-
9. [Note: first mention of this possibility.] 2)
Pertains to traffic control re unknown primary
and the immediate aftermath.

DCA F2 7980-M-1 1327-1450 1 Good example of how traffic was managed, Kara 12/30
ATCT concurrent with unknown primary being
observed in the background.

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IJiCA TYSON 7980-N 1324-1350 1 Yes Yes Commish TYSON: Position that released Gopher 06 off Kara 12/30
ATCT ENSUE 1503-1513 should listen Andrews and routed Word 31 to the west.
to TYSON Primary only conversation in background.
Controller who vectored Gopher 06 to follow a
757, identified by Gopher 06 as such. Also
handled both Bobcat 14 and Bobcat 17.
ENSUE: Picks up two conversations: 1) Target
5 miles south of Westminster, asks for fighter to
be vectored. 2) Balto asks about fighters just
south.
DCA F2 Arrival 7881Q-1 1332-1344 1 1 Duplicate of 7948G-1 Kara 11/10
ATCT Krantz Tyson 1329-1344 2
1325-1348
DCA RS 7881Q-3 1329-1344 1 Duplicate of 7948G-4
ATCT TS 1334-1348
DEP F- 1334-1345
1 1332-1344
DCA Radar Supervisor 7881Q-4 1313-1325 1 "Miscellaneous Incident" Not responsive. A Kara 11/10
ATCT women, purported experienced pilot, called
asking about flight restrictions in DC area
DCA F2 Arrival 7948G-1 1332-1344 1 1 Covers three positions that work to move traffic Kara 11/10
ATCT Krantz Tyson 1329-1344 2 as AA77 approaches, circles and descends.
1325-1348 Nothing analytically significant except that Tyson
tape has coversation that vectors Gopher 06 to
the target.

DCA Radar Supervisor 7948G-2 1313-1325 1 Duplicate of 7881 Q-4

ATCT
DCA LC 7948G-3 1332-1348 1 Captures Pentagon impact in near reall time. Kara 11/10
ATCT Brief reference to Gohper 06. Establishes that and
the "look" tag is a 757. "See what happened." 12/29
'It went into the Pentagon."
DCA TRACON Sup 7948G-4 1329-1344 1 TRACON Supervisor refers to VENUS 7 as Kara 11/10
ATCT Tower Sup 1334-1348 1 NEACP ("knee cap"). On Tower supervisor
DEP 1334-1345 2 position there is confusion as to whether it was
F1 Arrival 1332-1344 2 a 737 or a 757 that came in from the west and
mpacted the Pentagon. On departure position
tape there is report "the guy hit the Pentagon."

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DCA TMCTW 7980C 1305-1312 1 Only two transmissions, just one partially Kara 12/30
ATCT 1532-1542 responsive-conversation about what hit
Pentagon. One voice mentions AA77

DCA F2 2222-2231 1 Not listened to, has to do with arrival of AF1 Kara 11/10
ATCT

IAD Final West 78811-1 1327-1346 hj f Yes Yes Final West and AD/DD are only portions that Kara 11/10
North Dep 1328-1347 2 2 appear to have transmissions. On the latter
Area Supervisor 1328-1340 some one appears to be asking about UA175.
AD/DD 1329-1348 One caller is Ron Ruggeri, ANE 500 to John
Hendershot re 1 75 and Ron learns of fast
mover headed toward the White House, in real
time. Rick DuCharme is with Ron

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IAD LC East 7945B-1 No times, 1 Side One: LCE. Washington Center advises, Kara 12/29
LC West auto skip on guard, that all civil commercial and private
GC East aircraft unauthorized to be in the air need to
GC West land immediately. Military operations only.
CD Wash Center asks Quit 26 to come up on
Cab Supervisor guard, 285.6. or 133.65. No response. LOW.
AA77 departure, then skipped to after Pentagon
hit. GCE. After nation-wide ground stop. GCW.
Begins with something flew into top of WTC.
"Looks like a little airplane.. quite a picture on
TV." 'two little airplanes." "one of them a bigger
airplane." Now they're saying one a 737.
Skipped to post Pentagon, skipped to "They are
shooting down aircraft in the Washington area,
in reference to a helo going to Davidson (Ft
Belvoir). Side Two: CD. Nothing unusual. Cab
Supervisor: A post-Pentagon reference to a
Mr. Brown [See Hendershot interview, Brown
was OS in the tower] "Becky" gives first
warning re UA93 and confirmed bomb on board,
he's headed our way.

IAD N Departure 7945B-2 No times 2 Yes Yes Side 1 : ND. Begins after WTC then auto- Kara 12/29
S Departure auto skip skipped, picks up "anyone please" xmission.
NHigh SD. Nothing responsive. North High. Handled
High Handoff 77 Outbound, then auto-skip to post WTC.
SHigh National, primary target headed for P56

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AD/DD 7945B-3 No times 3 Side 1: AD/DD. Continuation. More on Camp Kara 12/29
TMC auto skip David and UA93. Wash Center on guard
message. ZDC goes to ATC zero, came over
FIDO. Wash Center guard, about every 15
minutes. Side 2: AD/DD. Nothing Responsive.
TMC. Starts with Command Center Wanda,
call to Dulles, concerning traffic stop in New
York. Mark Masaitis is on the tape. Call from ??
Edsel? trying to find AA77. (we need a time
hack on this and need to talk to Masaitis.) 757
that disappeared off radar scope west of
Virginia. That might be him. Discussions about
ground stop

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 TMC 7945B-4 No times 4 Side 1: TMC. Picks up with word from Region, Kara 12/29
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North Arrival auto skip Hatfield, all satellite airports closed. Later,
West Arrival Command Center calls re AA77, what type, still
MHHT looking for him. Hendershot on position at one
Final West point. United crash at Camp David is
mentioned. Dulles, two American's hit WTC,
one out of here, one out of Boston. Tim,
Command Center calls re AA77, still looking for
it. Corrects Dulles that AA1 1 hit the WTC. Tim
was told AA77 took of at 0820:30 local. N.
Arrival. Nothing Responsive. W. Arrival.
Mentioned 2 737s crashed into WTC. "Thanks
Dulles we're talking to P56 on it." More on
Guard HC for Davison not being able to go or
he'll be shot down. Side 2: W. Arrival Cont. N4
is the larger issue in the aftermath. Some
pointing out of intercept near Roberts
(Hagerstown) MHHT. Handheld Motorola
Transceiver. Mark is on this in TRACON to
tower. He reports UA93 over Pittsburg as a
confirmed hijack. Says Jaime is coming down,
he'll give you some direction. Final West. This
is Danielle picking up the fast moving primary.
Gopher-related conversation in background.

IAD Final West 7947D-2 1327-1346 1 1 Duplicate of 78811-1 Kara 12/29

North Dep 1328-1347 2 2
Area Supervisor 1328-1340
AD/DD 1329-1348

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fffo GCW 1207-1218 1 Not listened to, have to do with takeoff of AA77 Kara 11/10
LCW 1211-1226 1
ATIS 1209-1211 1 1
ND 1215-1230 1
NH 1218-1231

NOM Line 4525 in progress Azzarello/

Brown

NYTRA N90 7951 CC- 1 ? No Point out only w/in TRACON on UA1 75 re Azzarello 11/13
1 3321 code, descending, don't know what he's
doing, he's a hijack, stop all traffic

NYTRA N90 Departure Pos. 7951 CC- 9 1 ? No [No transmissions relevant to takeover or crash Azzarello 11/13
2 of UAL 93) (ATC conversations with UAL 93
pilot are normal - ATC turns UAL 93 left
leading 280; ATC tells UAL 93 to climb and
maintain 10,000 feet; UAL 93 do not exceed
250 knots).
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^TRA N90, TMU 7951 CC- 1235-1315 1 9 No Carl from ZBW tells N90 AAL 1 1 is a hijacked aircraft Azzarello 11/13
Departure Director 3 TMU; Mike deseeding rapidly near Sparta, primary target
Samartino; only; ZNY then calls N90 re: AAL 1 1 with
ZNY Mike specifics. See Line 19, Information Sheet for
McCormick; further details
N90 OMIC
Bob Birch
NYTRA N90 Liberty South 7951 CC- 1252-1310 2 9 No Female voice points out UAL 175 with 3321 Azzarello 11/13
Pos. 3 beacon code and says to stay clear b/c they
don't know where he is headed; everybody is
watching the "point out" and they think it's a
hijack.
NYTRA N90 Departure Pos. 7951 CC- 1238-1251 1 No No ATC in normal communications with UAL 93 Azzarello 11/13
4a
NYTRA N90 Departure Pos. 7951 CC- 1241-1256 2 No No ATC in normal communications with UAL 93 'Azzarello 11/13
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NYTRA N90 Newark 7951 CC- 1238-1256 1 No No ATC in normal communications with UAL 93 Azzarello 11/13
Departure and 4b (intro says
Liberty West ends1251)
Positions

NYTRA TMU Desk (Carl) 7951 CC- 1402-1408 1 No No Carl from N90 There appears to be nothing on this tape other Azzarello 11/13
5 TMU than an unidentified caller mistakenly calling
N90
ORF Clearance Delivery 1335-1356 1 No No Nothing Responsive Kara 11/10
ATCT 1503-1513

ORF Line 757 363-3447 RFAA 1653-1704 1-2 No No Not listened to Kara 11/10
ATCT 79230-1
ORF West Feeder Radar RFAA 1334-1404 1 There is a transmission exchange with one of Kara 11/12
ATCT 79230-10 the Andrews "Bully" fighters who is being
cleared to return North. The fighter is told he
cannot land at Andrews. That restriction is later
ORF East Feeder Radar RFAA 1318-1401 1 1 Will relisten to this with balance control on Kara 11/12
ATCT 79230-1 1 1424-1500

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-ftfRF South Feeder RFAA 1348-1400 1 Nothing Responsive Kara 11/12
ATCT Radar 79230-12

ORF Departure Radar RFAA 1232-1403 1 1 First and second segments, nothing responsive. Kara 11/12
ATCT 79230-13 1412-1506
ORF Departure Radar RFAA 1506-1526 1 1 Segment also contains a transmission having to Kara 11/12
ATCT 79230-14 1554-1605 do with one to four fighters to get airborne direct
to Washington, "First 01 ."

ORF Line 757 363-3447 RFAA 1356-1407 1 1 No No 1501-1526 segment has call to Tower from Kara 11/10
ATCT 79230-2 1501-1526 2 Langley, Capt Henks, re fighters "First 21"
ORF Line 757-460-0692 RFAA 1435-1448 1 No No First segment, nothing responsive Kara 11/10
ATCT 79230-3 1531-1548 Second segment, call from Capt Mines re four
1606-1637 aircraft taking off soon and that ZDC was
aware, First 01

ORF Local Control RFAA 1323-1348 1 No No Nothing Responsive Kara 11/10

ATCT 79230-4
ORF Ground Control RFAA 1304-1315 1 No No First and second periods, nothing responsive. Kara 11/10
ATCT 79230-5 1336-1347 Third period contains a reference to the First or
1503-1514 Force 01 scramble.

ORF Watch Supervisor RFAA 1335-1346 1 No No Harter Watch Supervisor had an apparent direct line to Kara 11/10
ATCT 79230-7 1458-1524 Hanks Giant Killer, based on a transmission in the
ORF Arrival Radar RFAA 1324-1335 1 No No Nothing Responsive Kara 11/10
ATCT 79230-8 1446-1504
ORF Peninsula Radar RFAA 1253-1401 1-2 Contains the battle station call at 1310 from Kara 11/10-
ATCT 79230-9 1424-1435 2 HUNTRESS (See Information Sheet.) Contains 12
ZBW MOS 1232-1259 1 Yes Yes Cooper Tape is one side only and contains three Kara 11/7
Deskins relevant exchanges-trie initial
Powell Cooper/Powell/Deskins notification in which
Scoggins first set of coordinates was passed, a
subsequent Powell/Scoggins exchange (see
info sheet) and one subsequent Scoggins-
Deskins exchange. A one-way transmission
from Giant Killer establishes that Giant Killer
activtated the W105 warning area.

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2fDC MOS Desk 7976B 1300-1400 1 No No Pappa Sierra See information sheet. Includes heads up from Kara
at ZDC and OMIC to the ZDC supervisors about AA77 as a
OMIC primary target only. Includes 1032 conversation
in which NEADS first learns about AA77 and
NEADS gives rundown to ZDC OMIC. Also
captures Quantico Tower asking that its FIDO
be turned on configuration mode. One
transmission establishes MOS position person
as "pappa sierra"

ZDC MOS Desk 7976C 1400-1500 1 No No One HUNTRESS call re tankers, a call from at Kara
counter 265 which informed HUNTRESS of the
fate of UA93 and a call at counter 301 informing
HUNTRESS of the coordinates for the White
House
ZDC R23andR11 1325-1350 A ? No Communications between Cape Charles, Azzarello 11/5
ZDC R23 and ZDC R11 concerning the
control of Quit 25 Langley scramble. ZDC
R23 advises Cape Charles that Quit 25 can
not go direct to Baltimore on HUntress
frequency. ZDC R23 tells Cape Charles to
give Quit 25 a 360 heading for Baltimore and
R23 will accept control. Subsequently, Quit
25 informs ZDC of military authority to
squawk QUAD 7 and go direct to Baltimore
..<• Cl ttf\s from ZDC R17 concerning
ZDC R17 1347-1430 1 ? No Brown 11/6
the control of the Quit 25 cap over
Washington, D.C.

ZDC Only identified as 2200-2218 A ? No Handoff of AF1 to Dulles Approach. Brown 11/5
'Washington Communications regarding a flight of 3 F16s
Center" (Cowboy 45) joining to fly escort. NOTE: Tape
abeled with "AAL77 9/11/01 1338 UTC", but no
recording reflects this.
ZDC MOS 1200-1300 1 Nothing Responsive Kara 11/7

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ZDC MOS 1300-1400 1 Contains clear version of ZDC OMIC call to Kara 11/7
Stacia Roundtree re AA11 and AA77 and
other HUNTRESS calls re Oceana radar.
One call from ZDC to HUNTRESS asking
who the Quad 7777 is coming out of
Patuxent restricted area
ZDC R3/D3 1226-1246 1 Routine handling of AA77 after take off and thru Kara 11/7
hand off to Indy Center; also listened to by GB:
at one point AA77 is told to climb to FL 290,
then take a 20 degree right turn as it climbs. AA
77 acknowledges benig at FL 330 and is handd
to Indy Center with a frequency of 120.47.

ZDC MOS 1400-1500 1 ZDC tells HUNTRESS of UA93 down NE (yes) Kara 11/7
of Camp David

ZDC MOS 1500-1600 1 HUNTRESS tells ZDC to leave The Plains radar Kara 11/7-10
as is for active air defense scramble and to tune
Ocean Radar for as much search capability as
possible even if cluttered. ZDC and
HUNTRESS work together to check out a VFR
aircraft NE of DC, and a second near Dulles.
Interesting conversation re N4, possible SEADS
escort, and "pilot in command" and "executive
privilege."
ZID HNNR 1234-1309 1 Contains transmission re HNN R attempts to Kara 11/12
contact AA77 and a statement that AA77 has
turned to the south.

ZID HNNRA 1234-1257 1 Replicates HNN R and AA77 Kara 11/12

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