It was apparently not a terrorist suicide attack on a Naval Air Station, but an unfortunate accident with no motive that could have been prevented. How in the blazes do you accidentally crash through the fence and drive 7 miles to score a bullseye on a F-18 fighter? There is absolutely zero chance this was an accident. There is only one reason a pair of people who obviously aren't terrorists commit a deliberate suicide attack on a Naval Air Station when every other attempt to damage aircraft on a military base has been an obvious communist or Islamist terrorist attack
However US aircraft have been destroyed at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan in 2012, at a Puerto Rico Air National Guard base in Puerto Rico in 1981, and by rockets fired into US bases in the Vietnam war in acts of warfare and terrorism.
March 30, 2016 California Police Chase Wrong Way SUV Onto Naval Air Station Lemoore 2 Crash Into F-18 and Die California High Patrol stopped to check on a car when it accidentally fled driving the wrong way to Naval Air Station Lemoore near Fresno when it accidentally crashed through the fence, before the couple Anthony Castillo, 29, and Melissa Miller, 36 from San Jose "accidentally" killed themselves by driving another 7 miles into the base and crashed into a parked F-18 Super Hornet. Authorities are stumped why they fled. The base commander Capt. Monty Ashliman, announced the base did not appear to be an intended target (why???), and the man and woman who died were not affiliated with the military. Reportedly the woman is white with blond hair wearing a necklace with a Christian cross.
Compare to these obvious terrorist attacks on air base installations:
By contrast, in the September 2012 Camp Bastion raid Taliban commandos in Afghanistan penetrated a forward air base and set off explosions which destroyed six Harrier jump jets and three vehicles in a well coordinated attack. In 1981 8 A-7 fighters at Muniz Air National Guard Base in Puerto Rico were blown up by rebel commandos in the first peacetime incident in which USAF aircraft were destroyed by a terrorist act and the first time terrorists had attacked a USAF installation on US soil. It was greatest material loss from any single act of terrorism perpetrated against the USAF anywhere in the world. It was the attack was a protest against draft registration.
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SUV Crash Into FA-18E Fighter Jet Launches 'Many Investigations'
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Fire and emergency services personnel conduct a training exercise on Nov. 18, 2009, at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., where two died March 31, 2016, after a car being chased by police crashed into an F/A-18 jet inside the base. Oscar Espinoza/Navy
Fire and emergency services personnel conduct a training exercise on Nov. 18, 2009, at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., where two died March 31, 2016, after a car being chased by police crashed into an F/A-18 jet inside the base. Oscar Espinoza/Navy
Fresno Bee | Apr 01, 2016 | by Jim Guy
The commander of Lemoore Naval Air Station said Thursday "many investigations" will follow a fatal overnight incident in which two people managed to breach security Wednesday night and crash into an FA-18E warplane.
Both occupants of the Jeep, a male driver and a female passenger in the Cherokee died.
The commander, Capt. Monte Ashliman, said neither person who died had any military affiliation and that there is no reason to believe that the naval air station was the target of a terrorist attack. But in a press conference at the base, he did not provide specifics about how the Jeep was able to get past a "control point," and damage the multi-million dollar jet.
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Car Chase Ends with Crash into Jet at California Naval Base
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The Fresno Bee6 days ago - Two dead after pursued SUV crashes into Lemoore air base, hits fighter jet .... Lemoore Naval Air Station and slammed into an FA-18E fighter jet Wednesday night. .... Currently, 15 active F-18 fighter jet squadrons and one auxiliary ... Pair killedwhen SUV crashed into fighter jet on Lemoore base identified ...
Pair killed in naval air station crash are identified
OCRegister - Apr 1, 2016
LEMOORE – Two people who were killed when their SUV crashed through a gate and into a fighter jet at a central California naval base have been identified. Kings County Chief Deputy Coroner Shawn McRae says 29-year-old Anthony Castillo and ...identified as Anthony Castillo, 29, and Melissa Miller, 36, according to the Kings County Sheriff’s Office. Castillo was driving a 1997 purple Jeep Grand Cherokee seen by CHP officers on the shoulder of Jackson Avenue west of state Highway 41 at about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, CHP Officer John Tyler said. The officers in a patrol car pulled up behind the Jeep to check on whoever was inside, but Castillo erratically drove away.
The officers tried to pull over the Jeep as it weaved and crossed the road’s center line, according to Tyler.
How did SUV evade airbase security and crash into a warplane?
Charlotte Observer - Apr 1, 2016
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 ...
High-Speed CHP Chase Ends With Crash Into Parked Jet Fighter
CBS Local - Apr 1, 2016
LEMOORE (CBS SF) — A San Jose couple was killed in a car crash at Naval Air Station Lemoore in Kings County following a pursuit by California Highway Patrol officers. They were identified as Anthony Castillo, 29, and Melissa Miller, 36, according to ...
San Jose woman, Campbell man killed when SUV hits fighter jet at Lemoore base
San Jose Mercury News - Apr 1, 2016
LEMOORE -- Officials say two people with South Bay ties were killed when they crashed their SUV through a gate then into a parked fighter jet at a Central Valley naval base while reportedly fleeing authorities. Anthony Castillo, 29, of Campbell, and ...
SUV flees cops, takes out Navy fighter jet
CNN - Apr 1, 2016
(CNN) How does an SUV fleeing the police get inside a U.S. Navy base and take out a $60 million top-of-the-line fighter jet? That's the question officials at Naval Station Lemoore outside Fresno, California, are trying to figure out after a Jeep Grand ...
Fatal car chase ends as motorists crash into parked fighter jet
San Jose Mercury News - Mar 31, 2016
Two people were killed Thursday after their car crashed into a parked F/A-18E Super Hornet at the Naval Air Station Lemoore during a pursuit with law enforcement. The driver of the Jeep Cherokee died at an area hospital, and the female passenger was ...
Jeep fleeing police crashes into jet at California naval base
Daily Mail - Mar 31, 2016
A high-speed car chase led to a suspect crashing his jeep into a fighter jet, killing himself and a passenger. The driver had smashed through a gate at Naval Air Station Lemoore in Fresno County, California, on Wednesday night. The jeep had driven the ...
SUV fleeing police crashes into jet at California naval base
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Mar 31, 2016
FRESNO, Calif. — A wrong-way driver leading authorities on a high-speed chase crashed through a gate and into a fighter jet at a central California naval base, killing himself and a passenger, authorities said Thursday. The Navy base does not appear ...
2 dead after pursued Jeep crashes into California air base, hits fighter jet
Charlotte Observer - Mar 31, 2016
An F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet, based at Lemoore Naval Air Station. Fresno. i. An F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet, based at Lemoore Naval Air Station. Fresno.
The Latest: California Naval base investigates car crash
Washington Times - Mar 31, 2016
LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on a fatal car crash on a California Naval base (all times local): 9:30 a.m.. Authorities say they're investigating how a driver broke through a security gate at a Central California Navy base and crashed into a ...
- March 30, 2016 Fresno: CHiPs chase SUV 7 miles into Naval Station accidentally hits FA-18 fighter, 2 dead 31 Mar, 2016 The chase began late Wednesday, when a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer stopped to check on a Jeep Grand Cherokee parked on the side of the State Route 198. The SUV drove off at high speed, driving erratically and even going the wrong way at one point, CHP said. Crashing through the gate of the NAS Lemoore, about 30 miles south of Fresno, the SUV proceeded to drive some 7 miles into the base before slamming into a parked FA-18E Super Hornet fighter jet. The female passenger died on the spot, while the male driver expired at the hospital later, authorities said. Neither has been officially identified. did not appear that the base had been deliberately targeted (oh really???) we had a tragic accident (nothing accidental here...) ...SUV hit the plane’s horizontal stabilizer.... expecting to receive the first F-35s sometime next year. CHP chase ends in fatal crash into a F/A-18 at Naval Air Station Lemoore NA KFSN-TV CHP chase ends with suspects crashing into fighter jet on California naval base; 2 killed KABC-TV incident started around 4 a.m. Thursday when officers spotted a driver accidentally driving the wrong way on State Route 198 south of Fresno and accidentally heading toward NAS Lemoore... accidentally crashed through the south fence.. .accidentally crashed into a fighter jet which was apparently not targeted... (We're supposed to believe they were accidentally driving the wrong, accidentally drove towards a base they were not targeted, accidentally drove 7 miles into the base, and accidentally scored a bullseye on a jet and accidentally killed themselves in a completely senseless act with no obvious purpose? How the the police know this was an accident, and that there was no purpose? Who can think of anybody who would want to deliberately stage a suicide attack on a US military jet, or destroy Harrier jets parked in Afghanistan.) CHP chase ends in fatal crash into a F/A-18 at NAS Lemoore KGO-TV An investigation is underway at Naval Air Station (NAS) ... They do not believe the Navy base was intentionally targetedand the suspects are not affiliated with the military.
- Similar? September 2012 Camp Bastion raid - Wikipedia Marines from VMA-211 at Camp Bastion To replace the aircraft lost in the attack, the USMC deployed 14 Harriers to Afghanistan ... A Taliban fighter survived the attack on Afghanistan's Camp ... Taliban launch all-out assault on Camp Bastion Daily MailNov 28, 2014 - British forces handed over Camp Bastion (pictured) to the Afghan army in late October ... The Taliban claimed responsibility for Friday's attack. ... setting off explosions which destroyed six Harrier jump jets and three vehicles.6 Harrier jets destroyed, 2 damaged in Taliban assault Long War JournalSep 16, 2012 - Friday night's “well-coordinated” suicide assault on Camp Bastion ... The nighttime attack, in which a suicide assault team penetrated.. Sabotage to A-7 Aircraft at Muniz ANGB, PR, Jan 81
www.globalsecurity.org Operation/event name: Sabotage to A-7 Aircraft at Muniz ANGB, PR, Jan 81 ... National Guard Base, located at the International Airport at San Juan, Puerto Rico was the first peacetime incident in which USAF aircraft were destroyed by a terrorist act and the first time terrorists had attacked a USAF installation on US soil. It was greatest material loss from any single act of terrorism perpetrated against the USAF anywhere in the world. NYTimes.com The New York TimesJan 12, 1981 - ... 8 Military Jets Destroyed At Air Base in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, P.R., Monday, Jan ... Twelve of the A-7 aircraft were at the base believed the attack was directed against draft registration, ...
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