The number of fighter
The number of fighter combat air patrols and alert locations was increased after the U.S. Homeland Security Dept. raised the national threat level to Orange (high) on Dec. 21. A Norad/Northcom spokesman acknowledgd that since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, fighters have been scrambled or diverted...
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