I am absolutely positive the sight of these "freedom delivery vehicles" raised eyebrows and pulses of radar operators based near the border - and that was the point.
On September 11, 2001, I was an Air Traffic Controller for the United States Air Force stationed at Barksdale. I was working in the tower on that fateful day, and I will get to share my story at an upcoming 9/11 Remembrance Symposium hosted by LSU-S.