F-16 pilot's mission: take down Flight 93
Photo credit: Tech. Sgt. Johnathon Orrell | Heather Penney planned to ram the tail of the hijacked airliner with her Air Force F-16.
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Late in the morning of the Tuesday that changed everything, Lt. Heather "Lucky" Penney was on a runway at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and ready to fly. She had her hand on the throttle of an F-16 and she had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93.
The day's fourth hijacked airliner seemed to be hurtling toward Washington. Penney, one of the first two combat pilots in the air...
