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Bombing of World Trade Center, PentagonATSC activated. UNMC([NORAD air warningcenter!Battlestaff - AF Ops center}FA A ATCSCC bridgefNMCC numbers for coordination

looking for release oft Tracy, Maryland State Policehelicopters into local areaSet up procedure for med evac flights to be released Looking for approval forAirline Go Teams \ s from TEB to several hospitals - No proNMCC DDOstatiod \n Kermaan - NATOCDR - Naprocedure \t Director of FBI needs release, the pillike a release to go pick up \r Reheise

know procedure to get Navy aircraft to carriers. Military submit flight plan andgo5 United aircraft inbound from Orient, Anchorage or Fairbanks - inbound fromOrient - can not go to Alaska airspace. United is refusing them to go toVancouver.First call to activate came from Col Litzenberger, AF Ops Center. CalledNMCC for Air Forces response. Several calls from White House asking forFighter support. Col Czabaranek immediately called NORAD and was told F-

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15's from Langley dispatched to protect W hite Ho use. Aircraft dispatched toescort Air Force O ne with tanker suppo rt. F-15s launched aircraft from Otis toprotect New York city airspace at the request of FA A. W hite house called ATSCand asked for postion of Air Force OneFAA-steps-ground stops all aircraft. Boston ARTCC shuts dow n and evacuate!fo r a period of tim e. Then contacted NM CC loo king for approval to launchcertain flights. They transferred control to NORAD. They worked a/c for awhile then we were transferred to Gen Arno ld, Co ntinental Region CC . Heapproved about 20 flights and released he was completely inendated. He madethe call that all military flights could be approved via SCANT ANA flight planprocedures. NORAD m ade the decision that all m ilitary flights w ould be filedvia SCANTAN A procedures. Authority was transferred from Gen Arnold thatinvolved m ed evac, lifeguard and local law enforcemtn back to the FAA for flightapprovel with discreet MODE C capability. All other flight were transferred to1st Air Force Command Post to include non-military movement to include airlinein support of Go Teams, CIA, FBI, FEMA and oil rig evacuations. 1st Air Forcecoordinates these flights with appropriate Air Defense Sectors. Once approval isobtained then ATSC provides information to Severe Weather unit for broadcast.Issue with intercepts w ith aircraft that have been pro vided discreet squaw k.Originally if Defense sector desired infor m ation about specific aircraft they wereto call ARTCC. That did not work so now ARTCC is calling the Sectors with allapproved flights an d squawks so interegation does no t occur.ATCSCC looking for approvals for m ed evac, go teams, and lifeguard. All flightinformation coming ATSC coordinated with NMCC DDO station.Blanket procedures for FAA to approve M ed Evac, Lifeguard and local lawenforcement aircraft. They need to be squacking Mode C.Flights coordinated with NMCC, NORAD to issue0130 CINC JCS due into Norfolk. Coo rdinating with NO RAD .1775 - Major Davis, 1st Air Force no w requesting that ATSC coordinated flightsdirectly w ith the air defense sectors. The big issue here is that flight approvalauthority changed from NMCC to NORAD to CONR to 1st AF C P to the AD S inthe period of about 6 hours..the ATSC kept up w ith all these transfers of appro valauthority but it was a major headache.The actual

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NOCC needs to take ICT, Witchawta ASg-9 radar off the air for 3-4 hourstonight. Requesting that military provide the best time for this.1815 - 1st Air Force w ants us to coordinate each approval with individu al AirDefense Sectors. ATS C looking for map of area defense sectors to coordinatenecessary flights // \kHostettler requesting Blanket approvals foAircraft received blanket app roval from M aj Davis at 1st Air Force.Call signs: N241LA, N242LA, N160AR(6073)AN208DG(6072)WADS Fax M7.-4yft.Jh Section, NEA DS Fax] "|IDSectionSB ADS Fax| JS E 523-5207,5205 \| \984-4310, Alaskan NRHonolulu \5 1815 - Authority to approve non-milithas been transferred to the A rea D efense Sectors and O-6s now hav e autho rity toapprove these flights.1830- LtCol Mahoney - AFOpsCenter \ p FAA A TCSCC A dvisory, 041

Approval for W ADS is commercial|_FAA security wants to personally approve airports before they allow comm ercialaircraft to depart. Announce which airports are going to be inspected by FAAsecurity. W ill take days to get off the grou nd. Process is slower but requests aredown. SE ADS stopped requesting the codes from the ARTCCs.AF Special Ops Command, MSgt Lee called. Disconnect with approval forhelicopter to McQuire that filed with wrong call sign. Airborne with squaw kingcode. 12 th AF trying to find out information on Colin Powell's return flight fromPeru so they can track him. Researching with NM CC.SA M 92 located, arrived ADWRick Hostetlier w orking afternoon throug h night.Notes from Woods:O O O O Z Tracking of Sec of State, Collin Pow ell's aircraft, SAM 92 landed AD W2312Z

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0100Z NORAD telecom Western sectors fl ights and reconstitution/recovery ofairline assets0130Z N127KC, Life Guard coordinated in flight destination chang e to SW F(Stuart Field, NY) directed by CDC.0150Z S.E. ADS and N.E. ADS attempt to plan approval of Med E vac, LifeGuard and local law enforcement. Convinced to return to old way (Blanketapproval).0250 Reviewed U.S. NOTAM Office reference 4500 DoD assets and filingprocedures, SCANT AN A no t implemented how ever, crews advised to use filingprocedures and priority codes. Discussed wi th AM C traffic.0330 Aerial activity over W hiteho use. Coordinated with Maj Grimes @NMCC. (Secret service involved coordinations with NO RAD ) Approved andcoordinated with ATP-200/Secret Service.

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enforcement aircraft. They need to be squaw king Mode C.Flights coordinated with NMCC, NO RAD to issue0130 CINC JCS due into Norfolk. Coordinating with N O R A D .1745 - Major Davis. 1st Air Force now requestine that ATSC coordinated fligldirectly with the air defense sectors.NOCC needs to take ICT, W ichita AS R-9 radar off the air for 3-4 hours tonigl1Requestine that military provide the best time fo r this; NOCC advised the timwffl02-IOOOZ1815 - 1st Air Force wa nts us to coordinate each approval with individual AirDefense Sectors. ATSC p rovided map o f area defense sectors to coordinatenecessary flightsRick H ostettler request ing blanket approvals fo r several aircraft imm ediately.Aircraft received blan ket approva l from M aj Davis at 1 st Air Force.WADS Fax llD SectionNEADS Fa* JlD SectionSE ADSFax |SE/ /NE1 \/ \nNR \nN R Honolulu

1815 EDT- Authority to approve n on-m ilitary, non-law enforcement, non- wnbeen transferred to the Area Defense Sectors an d O-6s now have authority toapprove these flights.1 830 - LtCol Mahonv - AF Ops CenterRecap FAA ATCSCC Advisory, 04 1

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Approval forHEADS is 1 . . |Approval forWADS iscommercial) j |FA A security wan ts to personally approve airports before they allow commercaircraft to depart. Announce which airoorts are eoing to be inspected by FAAsecurity. W ill take days to get off the ground. Process is slower bu t requests cdown. SE ADS stopped requesting thei codes from th e ARTCCs.Message from MAJ Fister - stuck outob atrip | |at New OrleansPhone call from SFO F BO to check on the process to get a flight approvalLTC Taylor of CAP in At lant a called toi see about flight approvalGretchen Branson (Office of Emergency Preparedness; [[office]

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| pin=| Ifpagerl) called to request approvals forthree separateflights to move mortuary personnel to DC & NYC: on e f l ight VNY-FAT-SNA-SDL-MAF-BNA-ADW & return ( Chrysler Aviation/Citation 560/N45DD/neetisPPR for ADW): second flight SUS-DMO-D AY-SWF & return (AeroCharter/Sabreliner 65/265M); third flight VPC-4R4-MCO-MYR-CLT-OAJ-SWF & return (Phoenix Air/Lear 35/N524PA); ADW approved PPR for N54](#091209/Sgt Clark @ BOPS): Chrysler1 Aviation Citation 56 0 cannot stay atAD W because of Threatcom D elta , so the operator is going to go ADW-CRWand crew-rest for 12 hours before returning to VNY via SL N (for fuel); ADWBOPS w ill make sure th e passengers get to the Main Gate at ADW to catch caall requests FA X'ed to AD Sectors iCO L Bearden called from OSI Headquarters; asked us to help find the status ctw o commercial flights (CO-57 has landed at CD G France; & AC-65 neverexisted - from each airline AOC) and to substantiate arumor regarding theWorld Trade Center aircraft collisions; un abl e to confirm (o r deny) th e rumorand passed all information toMs. Klein at |

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