[Coleus]

What were they doing at McGuire Air Force Base? Isn't this base the closest to NYC?

http://public.mcguire.amc.af.mil/

and what hit the pentagon

http://www.pentagonstrike.co.uk/flash.htm#Main

[Lunatic Fringe]

OK, so if a 757 did not hit the Pentagon, what happened to the plane and all the people on board?

[Bigh4u2]

"and what hit the pentagon"

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/911_pentagon_757_plane_evidence.html

[edcoil]

You see these things and wonder well, what happened to the people that were on the airplane their families are still missing them.

[UseYourHead]

and what hit the pentagon

That conspiracy crap is for losers who weren't there and didn't have the plane fly feet over their heads and slam into the Pentagon right in front of your eyes and kill your friends. Anyone who believes anything different is a fool or a liar.

[carolinablonde]

I don't believe there is a fighter wing at McGuire. Looks like there is a mobility (aka transport) wing and a refueling wing.

On a broader note, I always have to wonder what people think the USAF was going to do even if the fighters DID get there in time on 9/11.

Their choices were:
a. shoot the planes down
b. shoot the planes down

Was anybody at 9:00 AM EST on Sept, 11, 2001 ready to accept civilian planes being shot down by an F15?