Air Force contradicts Palin: No Russian incursions into U.S. airspace during her tenure


Thursday, Oct 2, 2008

The McCain-Palin campaign recently clarified Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) remark from last week that “Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America.” The campaign told CBS News, “Russian incursions…inside the air defense identification zone have occurred.” But as the Associated Press reports today, no such incursions have occurred ‘in recent years’:

The air defense identification zone, almost completely over water, extends 12-mile past the perimeter of the United States. … However, no Russian military planes have been flying even into that zone, said Maj. Allen Herritage, a spokesman for the Alaska region of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, at Elmendorf Air Force Base. “To be very clear, there has not been any incursion in U.S. airspace in recent years,” Herritage said.
Responding to Herritage’s statement, Palin’s foreign policy adviser Steve Biegun said that Palin was trying to point out that the “geographical location of Alaska has unique attributes,” unlike “many states in the union.”

In a related topic, John McCain is also the senator from Arizona, my home. He should have a ton of experience! His LACK of common sense has led to a MEXICAN invasion of Arizona.

The flow of illegal aliens and drugs into Arizona, the preferred corridor, is something he should be very ashamed of. I am sure that Al Queda has entered this way as well.

McCAIN HAS DONE NOTHING TO STOP THE INVASION!

Just like Palin.