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In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control facility, all aircraft in the Persian Gulf AOR are required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' if they will be transiting Iranian airspace.

This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and destination.

Recently overheard was this conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai. It's too good not to pass along.

The conversation went like this...

Iranian Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'

Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!'

Air Defense Radar: no response ... total silence

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Patriotic Songs

If you don't have the America playlist on your iPod, then you're unpatriotic, and therefore a terrorist.

love for my lady is an understatement

Hey it's philip collaborating with harrison.
Let me just say that it's an extremely great honor to be part of this blog (you don't know how happy I am right now). When I heard I got accepted into this blog, I cried with tears of joy and I broke up with my girlfriend. Because there was a new lady in my life. Lady Liberty.

July 4th, the greatest day of all!

Let the 4th of July serve as a reminder that liberty is the sweet freedom granted to all that live here. God gave independence to us because he knew that we would use it for the good of our people. Everything we do serves as a model to others at how freedom and democracy works. Happy Independence Day for all of America, thank you lovely Lady Liberty!