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F-16 Fighter Jet Intercepts Plane In Restricted Airspace Over GWB F-16 Fighter Jet Intercepts Plane In Restricted Airspace Over GWB
F-16 Fighter Jet Intercepts Plane In Restricted Airspace Over GWB In a moment that froze some witnesses on the ground, Air Force fighter jets intercepted a Cessna aircraft above the George Washington Bridge and escorted it away from restricted air space during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan on Tuesday. The Cessna 182 is owned by the United States Military Academy at West Point and was being flown by an Army instructor pilot, the academy said in a statement.  The instructor was conducting a "civil and mechanical engineering" flight lab for cadets when the aircraft "briefly violated" a Temporary Flight Restriction Area…

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by Jerry DeMarco