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Not just into Afghanistan. A good chunk of the post-9/11 air patrols in North America were flown by allied aircraft.


Citation, something, anything to back up such a stupendous claim.


Please see the CNN link posted by smallblacksun.


He said, "A good chunk of the post-9/11 air patrols in North America were flown by allied aircraft."

The article says:

" Five NATO planes have arrived at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma"

and:

"Most of the United States' 30 AWACS, based at Tinker, have been flying around-the-clock surveillance of U.S. airspace..."

In my opinion, the phrase, "a good chunk of" is dubious. In a few minutes of Googling, I could find no indication of how many missions (if any) those NATO planes flew.


Allied, yes -- but that was NORAD, not NATO.


[NATO deployed AWACS](http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/10/12/ret.nato.awacs/index.ht...) in the US after 9/11.




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