error in 9-11 Commission report

[winterbadger]

All the hijacked aircraft were in one of NORAD’s Continental U.S. sectors, the Northeast Air Defense Sector (also known as NEADS). NEADS is based in Rome, New York. On 9/11, it could call on two alert sites, each with one pair of ready fighters. These were the Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Langley Air Force Base in Langley, Virginia.

This is a common error, but it is nonetheless incorrect, and I'm surprised they would make it in a report of this importance. Langley AFB is in Hampton, VA (southeastern VA, near Norfolk), not Langley, VA (northeastern VA, near Washington, DC). The two are 180 miles apart (by road, probably a little less by air).

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[winterbadger]

Well, keep in mind that this was all pre-9/11...