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| How did an SUV get through Lemoore NAS security and crash into a FA-18E? |
| 2016-04-01 |
| SacBee: The commander of Lemoore Naval Air Station said Thursday "many investigations" will follow a fatal overnight incident in which an SUV breached security and crashed into an FA-18E warplane on the base. The two occupants of the Jeep Cherokee, a male driver and a female passenger, died in the crash. An SUV being pursued by law enforcement drove down Reeves Blvd near the base to a checkpoint at the main flight operations area. What happened at the checkpoint was unclear, but the driver got past it and drove across an open field and onto the flight line. The SUV hit the horizontal stabilizer at the rear of the FA-18E fighter jet, authorities said. The Bee asked Lemoore officials to explain how the breach occurred, how security officers became aware of it and how they responded, and whether entry points need to be modified to prevent such occurrences. Officials declined to answer, saying those questions will be handled in the follow-up investigations. Lemoore NAS is the largest naval installation in the country for carrier-based aircraft. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #9 Ima going to sorta side with P2K on this one. It depends on what kind of security the checkpoint had, and what the ROE is. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-04-01 17:56 |
| #8 Sad to say but i'ts probably a good thin that this idiot was able to expose the weakness before someone with a foul purpose exploited it. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-04-01 15:09 |
| #7 a new theory as to motive: the perps were going to give the super dart a push start; to help save fuel |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-04-01 15:03 |
| #6 Ship: great pic but sadly no. and not even the kind you find at the front end of a paved surface 1320 feet long. just the portable light tower with car eating tongue option |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-04-01 15:01 |
| #5 How did an SUV get through Lemoore NAS security and crash into a FA-18E? Very, very quickly apparently. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-04-01 14:33 |
| #4 When you have a Navy base in the middle of the desert, weird stuff is bound to happen. |
| Posted by: Fat Bob Shusort6778 2016-04-01 14:16 |
| #3 Traffic light tree? Like this USN? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-04-01 14:01 |
| #2 Like issuing guns to guards, but making sure no one has ammo to actually use them. Too many security implementations are totally undermined by 'supervisors' who fear empowering their subordinates with the means and power to execute them cause someone might screw up. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-04-01 09:57 |
| #1 NASWI has physical obstacles in the roadways that restrict a vehicle's speed, like to mabe 5 mph. and those amazing little pop up tubes that can stop a car, flat. and just for fun, sometimes the base security folks position portable light trees in such a way as to cause responsible drivers to incur thousands of dollars of damage to their cars when they run into unlit appendages from the units. (mrs. ret, is still pissed that she got a ticket plus a munched car from that. security moved the light tree soon after) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-04-01 09:31 |