While Visiting The Fighter Alert Pad, We Had An Actual Alert And Then A Five Minute Hold. When The Alert Bell Rang, The Pilots Sprung Into Action. In Less Than 3 1/2 Minutes They Had Jumped From Their Lunch Or A Catnap In Their Bunks And Had Raced To Their Aircraft, Started The Engines And Were Strapped In Tight! Only Two Took Off Downwind And Up Into The Sky In Their F-102s. I Was Told In 5 Minutes They Would Be 100 Miles Away And At 40,000 Feet. Their Coffee Back On The Table Hadn't Even Started To Cool Off!