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Old Sep 12, 2008, 7:10 am
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Wow -- what interesting stories. Thanks for posting! ^


Originally Posted by aluminumdriver
...is first hearing ATC coming over GUARD frequency declaring that the US had implemented SCANTANA which is reserved for war, shutting down all navaids and ATC. I had learned about this in my military career and never really thought about it. Very chilling.
Never having heard of SCANTANA before I did some looking and found this interesting story and this article (second one on the page). Incidentally, SCANTANA is an acronym for Security Control of Air Traffic and Navigation Aids.
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