By Mary Beth Sheridan
As his watch ticks toward midnight, Paul Gardella checks the oil on the small Cessna 182 parked on a cold, dark airstrip in Fairfax County. He knows what he soon could be facing: Coast Guard helicopters chasing him. F-16s intercepting him. Ground-to-air missiles tracking his every turn.
The whole article is at washingtonpost.com , Apparently the C.A.P. has been flying these intruder missions for a while but I'm not sure I would trust a cocky jet jock not to get over anxious and drop the hammer on my 170
