Here's an interesting bit of contemporary aviation history... The "First Responder" F-15A (Airframe 77-0109) -- the first American warplane to arrive on scene in the skies of Manhattan on the morning of September 11, 2001 -- will soon be on display at the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, California.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
The first American fighter jet to respond to the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, has been given to the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, where it will be the centerpiece of the West Coast's first major exhibition about the attacks.
The U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle, which was retired in 2006, was awarded to the nonprofit museum by the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
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The F-15 was part of the 101st Fighter Squadron, 102nd Fighter Wing, at Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts when it was directed to Manhattan that fateful day to intercept the hijacked airliner.
UPDATE: December 16, 2010:
It arrived!
Image: Ken Middleton
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