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Otis Air National Guard Base

Events (18)

February 11, 1993: Hijacking Raises Concern of Plane Being Crashed into New York Building 1993-02-11
Before September 11, 2001: Fighters Regularly Launch within Minutes of Scramble Order in Response to Suspicious Aircraft 2001-09-11
(10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Ordered to Launch All Available Fighters 2001-09-11
(Shortly After 10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: First Non-Alert Fighters Take off from Otis Air Base Unarmed 2001-09-11
(Shortly After 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Second Pair of Non-Alert Fighters Takes Off from Otis Air Base 2001-09-11
(2:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighters Land Back at Otis Air Base after Flying Patrol over New York 2001-09-11
(Between 8:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Boston Center Supervisor Alerts Otis Air Base Tower to Flight 11, Requests Fighters 2001-09-11
8:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Alert Fighters at Otis Air Base Are at a Higher State of Readiness due to the Ongoing Russian Exercise 2001-09-11
(Between 8:31 a.m. and 8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Tower Controller Contacts Base’s Operations Desk with Details of Hijacking 2001-09-11
(8:36 a.m.-8:41) September 11, 2001: FAA Cape Cod Facility Supervisor Calls Otis Air Base with Details of Hijacking 2001-09-11
Shortly After 8:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Commander Phones NEADS for Authorization to Launch Fighters 2001-09-11
(8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighter Pilots Unofficially Told to Get Ready to Scramble After Flight 11 2001-09-11
(8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighters Ordered to Scramble to Flight 11 Nine Minutes after NORAD Notification 2001-09-11
8:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Fighters Airborne, Allegedly Ordered toward New York 2001-09-11
(8:56 a.m.-9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior Commanders at Otis Air Base Learn of Attacks, Order ‘Battle Staff’ 2001-09-11
Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Commanders Assemble, Make Transition to ‘Wartime Posture’ 2001-09-11
(9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Prepares All Available Fighters to Launch 2001-09-11
9:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Myers Updates Clarke Videoconference on Fighter Response 2001-09-11