Northeast Air Defense Sector

Events (136)

• 9:34 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Notices Langley Jets Are off Course, but Navy Controller Seems Unconcerned 2001-09-11
• 9:34 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Surveillance Technicians Instructed to Remove Simulated Information from Radar Screens 2001-09-11
• (9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Pilot Says He Would Shoot Down a Hijacked Aircraft 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Jets Refueled by Tanker out for Training Mission 2001-09-11
• (After 9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Pilots Reportedly Never Receive Shootdown Order, though One Account Suggests Otherwise 2001-09-11
• 9:35 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center and NEADS Decide to Send Home Fighter Jets on Training 2001-09-11
• 9:36 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Takes Control of Washington Airspace, Directs Langley Fighters toward White House 2001-09-11
• (9:36 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Personnel See Aircraft Disappear over Washington on Radar 2001-09-11
• 9:36 a.m. September 11, 2001: Report of Airliner Approaching White House Sets off ‘Frenzy’ at NEADS 2001-09-11
• Before 9:36 a.m. September 11, 2001: Officials Claim NORAD Is Monitoring Flight 93 2001-09-11
• (9:36 a.m.-10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military Claims it is Tracking Flight 93 and Ready to Shoot it Down; 9/11 Commission Says Otherwise 2001-09-11
• 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Langley Fighters Still Short of Washington; Where and Why Is Not Clear 2001-09-11
• (9:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Hijacking Simulation Scheduled as Part of NORAD Exercise 2001-09-11
• 9:39 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Informs NEADS of Possible Hijacking of Delta 1989 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:41 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Tries Unsuccessfully to Get Minnesota Jets Scrambled after Delta 1989 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:41 a.m. and 9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Langley Jets Heading in Wrong Direction, Redirected to Washington 2001-09-11
• 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Tells FAA’s Cleveland Center that Delta 1989 Is a Confirmed Hijack, Controller Disagrees 2001-09-11
• 9:49 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Sovereignty Fighters Directed to ‘Battle Stations’ Nationwide 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:50 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Commander Orders Jets Launched from All Air National Guard Units in Northeast US 2001-09-11
• (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Marine Fighter Squadron Offers Assistance to NEADS 2001-09-11
• (9:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Contacts Selfridge Air Base to Get Unarmed Jets Sent after Either Delta 1989 or Flight 93, according to Conflicting Accounts 2001-09-11
• (9:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Officers Quickly Create Battle Plan for Responding to Attacks 2001-09-11
• (9:56 a.m.-10:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Selfridge Jets Apparently Not Instructed to Intercept Suspicious Plane as NEADS Wants, Return to Base Instead 2001-09-11
• 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Requests Help from Western Air Defense Sector 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: Unidentified Plane Causes NEADS Evacuation 2001-09-12
• September 21, 2001: Recordings of NEADS on 9/11 Damaged during Transcription Attempt 2001-09-21
• (Between September 23 and September 24, 2001): NORAD Commander Visits NEADS and Stresses Importance of Transcribing Recordings from 9/11 2001-09-24
• (September 20-October 4, 2001): Officer Works on Transcribing NEADS Audio Tapes from 9/11 2001-10-04
• January 23, 2004: NEADS Commander Hints 9/11 Data Was Altered to Show NORAD Did Not Shoot Down Flight 93; 9/11 Commission Ignores This 2004-01-23
• August 1, 2006: Newly Released Military Tapes from 9/11 Reveal Contradictions in NORAD Accounts 2006-08-01
• January 1999: US Air Defense Mission Rated ‘Outstanding’ in Inspections
• September 1997: 1st Air Force Operation Centers to Be Modernized; Computer Software Allows Simulations for Training
• Late October 2003: 9/11 Commission’s Tour of NEADS Facility Suspended over Discrepancies
• 11:03 a.m.-11:12 a.m. September11, 2001: NORAD Personnel Ordered to Defcon 3
• 1990-2001: NORAD Regularly Launches Fighters to Intercept Suspicious Aircraft before 9/11
• 1994-1998: Future NEADS Commander Gains Experience in Military Exercises