“She Slept Peacefully — Until the Captain Screamed: ‘Any Fighter Pilots on Board?!’”

was the knowledge that what happened would happen again someday, maybe not the same way, maybe not against the same threat, but again. And the next time, there might not be a retired combat ace asleep in economy class.

So she agreed.

In Washington, the meeting turned into a proposal.

Senior military and aviation officials wanted to create a new defensive continue reading …