Intruder breaches Maryland’s Joint Base Andrews home of Air Force One, shot fired

WASHINGTON – One other intruder has breached the house of Air Drive One, one of many nation’s most delicate army bases, and this time a resident opened hearth on the trespasser, Joint Base Andrews mentioned in an announcement late Monday.

Throughout the incident, which occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Monday, “a person gained unauthorized entry to a JBA housing space,” Joint Base Andrews mentioned in an announcement posted to Twitter. “A resident discharged a firearm, safety forces arrived on scene to apprehend the intruder and legislation enforcement is investigating the incident.”

Joint Base Andrews is house to the fleet of blue and white presidential plane, together with Air Drive One and the “doomsday” 747 plane that may function the nation’s airborne nuclear command and management facilities if wanted.

The Air Drive mentioned late Monday it didn’t have something so as to add past the Andrews assertion about Monday’s intrusion.

It isn’t the primary time the bottom’s safety has been breached; in February 2021 a person acquired by the army checkpoint onto the set up, then by further fenced safe areas to achieve entry to the flight line and climb right into a C-40, which is the army’s 737-equivalent plane used to fly authorities officers.

That intruder was apprehended as a result of the “mouse ears” cap he was carrying struck an observant airman as odd.

An inspector normal’s investigation discovered three primary safety failings, beginning with “human error” by a gate safety guard who allowed the person to drive onto the bottom regardless that he had no credentials that approved his entry. Hours later, the person walked undetected onto the flight line by slipping by a fence designed to limit entry. Lastly, he walked onto and off a parked airplane with out being challenged, regardless that he was not carrying a required badge authorizing entry to the restricted space.

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