Plane forced down at Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport (KCUB) in South Carolina Air National Guard training exercise

Published: September 12, 2013  

Richland County Sheriff’s Department

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC — A drama unfolded over the skies of Columbia today when a SC Air National Guard pilot spotted a suspicious plane, swooped in with his jet fighter and forced the aircraft to land at Owens Field south of Rosewood Drive.

While the interdiction really happened, the criminal intent was not for real. The South Carolina Air National Guard along with members of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, was participating in a exercise to practice what to do if National Guard pilots have to stop intercept a plane involved in criminal activity.

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