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.
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.
