Jude 2

My son passed this on to me; thought it rather neat:

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According to a
Marine Pilot
:



In addition to communicating with the local
Air Traffic Control facility
,


all aircraft in the
Persian Gulf AOR
are required to give the Iranian Air


Defense Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' if they will be transiting


Iranian airspace.



This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them


our call sign, transponder code, type of aircraft, and points of origin and


destination.



I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard


(emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai. It's too


good not to pass along. The conversation went something like this...



Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft at (location unknown), you are in


Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'



Aircraft: 'This is a
United States
aircraft
. I am in Iraqi airspace.'



Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our


airspace we will launch
interceptor aircraft
!'



Aircraft: 'This is a
United States
Marine Corps
FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up,


I'll wait!'



Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence) Semper Fi

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