Andrews Air Force Base is a huge military installation just 10 miles from the Pentagon.

On 11 September there were two entire squadrons of combat-ready
fighter jets at Andrews. Their job was to protect the skies over
Washington D.C. They failed to do their job. Despite over one hour's
advance warning of a terrorist attack in progress, not a single
Andrews fighter tried to protect the city.

The FAA, NORAD and the military have cooperative procedures by which
fighter jets automatically intercept commercial aircraft under emergency conditions. These procedures were not followed.

Air Force officials and others have tried to explain away the failures:

"Air Force Lt. Col. Vic Warzinski, another Pentagon spokesman, [said]:
'The Pentagon was simply not aware that this aircraft was coming
our way, and I doubt prior to Tuesday's event, anyone would have
expected anything like that here.'"
--'Newsday,' 23 September, 2001

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