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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Jan 2, 2021, 08:16 PM Jan 2021

Swiss Air Force F/A-18s Finally Started Providing Round-the-Clock Airspace Protection Last Week

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The round-the-clock service comes nearly seven years after the embarrassing incident, when the Swiss Air Force couldn't scramble fighter jets to respond to an hijacking (ET 702) because it had happened outside of the service's business hours (08.00 – 12 and 13.30 – 17.00).

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Swiss Air Force F/A-18s Finally Started Providing Round-the-Clock Airspace Protection Last Week (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 OP
Security is never on the clock. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2021 #1
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