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Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11
September 11, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news:

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Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

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Retired Air Force Col. Rolando Aguilar, a former Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a day off that turned into a scramble to intercept an inbound aircraft he didn't yet know was Air Force One.

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