Via Michelle Malkin I learned of a recent incident where personnel at Tinker Air Force Base (located in Midwest City, Oklahoma -- just outside of Oklahoma City -- and home to the B-1 bomber command, among other things) spotted three men watching airplanes departing and landing, and one of the men may have been carrying a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missle (MANPAD). Both the military and the FBI deemed the threat to be credible.
Tinker AFB is about 30 miles from where I live. Needless to say, I'm alarmed. And Jane's.com says that there are thousands of MANPADS that are unaccounted for.
The Air Force released a Battle Staff Directive describing the event and urging personnel to be on the lookout for suspicious persons in the vicinity of air bases.
As far as I can tell, there was no word about this in any of the local Oklahoma City news media.
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