See What Happens When A Plane Violates Presidential Airspace | TODAY

He has returned to work and so has the president. As you know, he spends many of his weekends away from Washington, including part of last weekend, and

when

he's not in the White House there is a massive military effort to keep him safe, the entire area frozen. The biggest threats are

plane

s that get too close, so

what

really

happens

if a rogue

plane

flies near the president and just doesn't leave the

airspace

this morning? We're getting rare up-close access to fighter jets in action. President Trump is on the move spending. time away from the White House, from his Mar-a-Lago resort to his golf course in New Jersey, at his home in New York City, 51 days so far, including this weekend, spending Sunday at your golf course in Virginia, on very secure grounds.

Seeing in the air is just as intense, but most of us never get to see it until now, the Air National Guard protects the skies and gives us rare access

when

the president moves, the Federal Aviation Administration places a temporary restriction of flight and then defend it So

what

happens

if an unidentified plane flies into the no-fly zone right above the president of the United States? We organized a demonstration

today

with this Cessna and the Air National Guard. I'm going to be inside this Cessna and we're going to go rogue, we're going to fly into that no-fly zone and we're going to see how the Air National Guard does it.

They scramble the fighter planes that approach us and how they lower us to the ground. and the president is safe, let's go up and see what happens, we go down the runway flying for miles and miles until our pilots stop talking to air traffic control, we ignore their calls to contact them, which sets off an alarm on the Air National Guard base, these fighter pilots. boarding their Jets, they are on alert and ready to act 24 hours a day

today

, rushing to their F-16s, preparing, climbing aboard and racing to the runway, taking off to intercept our highway.

Cessna reaches the target in just minutes. the view from the f-16 that's my says no, there comes from the left side of our plane another f16 approaching to the right calling us on aviation frequencies the fighter right on our wing now scanning us inside the fighters want to escort us out of the area but we still don't respond so the f16 makes a bold move and dives right there, look how close it is called, it's called a headbutt maneuver and you can see why look again, the f16 crosses right in front, just a few meters away of us.

It's hard to miss and that's the point, remember this is restricted

airspace

right above the president's vacation home, the fighter jet giving us one last warning, pulling away in the hopes we'll follow it, if after all This the pilot still does not hear, the plane will not leave the airspace, they will shoot them down if necessary, they will execute the rules of engagement according to the commander, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and yes, we would shoot down the plane so that they cannot get to the president if that complies with the rules of engagement, yes.

We would like to defend the airspace with the president traveling so much it becomes expensive. It's still unclear exactly how much all this costs. A government watchdog group tells us they're actually going to release new numbers this week because of the way the Air National Guard does it. Not only am I doing this mission to protect the president, the same rules apply to big events like the UN General Assembly and the Superbowl. In fact, guys since 9/11 have responded that they have sent fighter jets in the US. Up to 5,000 this may happen a lot more often than we think.

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