Joe, that would be the North American ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone)
and they would first try to contact the pilot of baby blue on the radio
("unknown rider, unknown rider position <calls out lat/long> heading <calls
it as he see's it> contact <appropriate air traffic control center> on
<appropriate frequence>.") She gets a few tries before they scramble an
active air defense sortie against her to visually ID baby blue, and baby
blue gets an escort to a suitable landing site. Of course this could all
have been prevented if a flight plan had been filed 24 hours in advance, and
radio contact had been established with Air Traffic Control prior to
entering the ADIZ
Sorry, couldn't help it, wanted to make sure you knew that NORAD and Air
Combat Command (ACC-formerly known as TAC and SAC) are not in the habit of
shooting down defensless LBCs
btw, for the sake of political correctness, let's use their current flags as
kill symbols, too much emotional and cultural baggage associated with those
countries previous national flags...
Dave
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