50 GRAND PER SCRAMBLE

I can't help but react to your reporting in Inside Avionics (AW&ST May 9, p. 43): "It costs about $50,000 to scramble a jet every time an intruder (usually a general aviation aircraft under visual flight rules) stumbles into restricted areas." I'd love to see how that figure is computed. It would...

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