Fifty years ago, cold-war games halted all civilian air traffic—long before September 11 did the same.

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Operation Skyshield was a series of national defense exercises held once each fall in 1960, '61, and '62, to simulate our response to a Soviet attack. To ensure realistic conditions of war time, all civil airports in the U.S. and Canada were closed. Such a grounding was not repeated until September 11, 2001, which makes that date compelling for the topic.

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