Mass., N.H. Fly F-15 For "Fun"

The Massachusetts Air National Guard's 104th Fighter Wing joined the New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol for training exercises over Concord, New Hampshire today. Two F-15 fighter jets from Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield (MA) will track a Cessna 182 that simulates being off course or flying in restricted airspace. One training session ran from 10:30- 11:30 a.m. and a second runs from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Jared Scott, an Air Force public affairs officer for NORAD, or North American Aerospace Defense Command, described the exercises by saying: "We're going to send fliers up and they'll be able to train using their intercept procedures and do all that fun intercept stuff." Fun is not the first word Bostonist considers to describe a plane that travels in excess of 1,500 mph, and costs almost $30 million.