9/11 F-16 Cockpit-Ramming Orders

On 9/11, two F-16 pilots received orders to take down United Flight 93 using their unarmed aircraft. One pilot was to ram the cockpit, while the other would "take the tail off." The government intended to destroy the plane, but U.S. civilians onboard took control and crashed it before they had the chance.

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