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| Breaking: Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Lockdown |
| 2011-09-16 |
| Will add details as they become avaliable 3:33 CST time -- seems all is OK Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona is on lockdown, but a spokeswoman at the Tucson base would release few details other than no one was being allowed in or out of the base. Air Force Staff Sgt. Caitlin Jones refused to tell The Associated Press why the base was on lockdown. The base is best known as the boneyard for old military and government airplanes. 2:40 CST -- ABC No Shots Fired at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Near Tucson Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Near Tucson, Ariz. officials declared a higher state of security after "reports of suspicious activity." "Officials are currently investigating the situation, and more information will be forthcoming. More information will be provided as it becomes available," according to a statement from the base. 3:12 -- Fox Senior Airman Timothy Dunaway says traffic has been reduced to a single-point entry but he refused to elaborate. He says the Sonoran Science Academy on the base is on lockdown. KVOA-TV reports the kids are safe on the base. Tucson fire spokeswoman Trish Tracy says the agency sent two ambulances and two fire trucks to the base. 3:32 -- Fox A military official said a special agent on the base reported that an armed individual walked into a building on the base on the outskirts of the southern Arizona city, where earlier this year a gunman gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six people. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Ambulances were sent to the base, sparking fears of injuries, but it was just a case of bad timing, Martin said. "Any ambulance you saw leaving earlier, not too long ago was actually a woman going into labor," he said. As the lockdown unfolded Friday, students were kept in schools on the base. Dunaway said traffic was reduced to a single point entry; vehicles lined up at the base's main gate and were being turned around. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #5 Prolly Iranian salvage agents were looking for F-14 parts and got shot in the process -- oh look a squirrel -- nothing to see here, move along. |
| Posted by: rammer 2011-09-16 23:48 |
| #4 that's all I heard....and ON KFI. Jeebus - I have fat fingers sometimes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-16 21:27 |
| #3 keep info coming FrankG |
| Posted by: Sherry 2011-09-16 19:56 |
| #2 actually - just heard of KFI that there IS a guy barricaded in a building with a rifle. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-16 19:48 |
| #1 Glad to hear all is well. I feared some jihadi had learned that the Air Force has more planes at Davis Monthan than at all other bases combined. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-09-16 16:45 |