From: "Phil Payne" 

> Within a few days of 9/11, I realized there were souls out there who
> simply assumed the US must have hundreds of fighters on hot alert all
> over the country. We certainly could within a day or so of an
> appropriate DEFCON -- and the baseline has been raised significantly
> since 9/11, as have "red phone" procedures between NORAD and civilian
> ATC.  But apparently these folks think it's been that way nonstop
> since... what? 1950? GMAFB.

If there were to be a bomber threat you would have weeks of notice -
increased radio traffic, satellite observations of logistics, etc.

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