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9/11: Air National Guard Pilot Heather Penney Recalls Her Mission

9/11: Air National Guard Pilot Heather Penney Recalls Her Mission

Author: C-SPAN September 13, 2026 Duration: 39:35
Lectures in History
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This week on Lectures in History — from the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., the story of one Air National Guard pilot’s experience on September 11th, 2001. Heather Penney was one of the first F-16 pilots scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base after the terrorist attacks. She discusses her mission that day, including the possibility that she might have had to bring down United Airlines Flight 93, which had been hijacked by terrorists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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