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Air Force jets scrambled near D.C. July 26, 2002 Posted: 10:26 PM EDT (0226 GMT)
From Mike Mount CNN Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two Air Force F-16s were scrambled early Friday morning to investigate a low-flying, unknown aircraft close to the restricted flight zone over Washington, according to an official at the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
A Pentagon official said that an aircraft appeared on radar in the 15-mile restricted flight zone around Washington.
"The pair of jets were scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland at about 1 a.m. Friday to investigate reports of an aircraft in the Washington, D.C. Temporary Flight Restriction Area," said Maj. Barry Venable, a spokesman for NORAD.
Venable would not say how long the F-16s were in the air.
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