A major security breach occurred Thursday at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington DC

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Zachary Cohen
@ZcohenCNN
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Feb 5, 2021
News: The US Air Force is expected to announce a security review at all Air Force bases after a major security breach occurred Thursday at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington DC, a US defense official tells @barbarastarrcnn.

Zachary Cohen
@ZcohenCNN
During the incident, a man gained access to JBA & entered an unlocked C-40 aircraft on the flight line. A C-40 aircraft typically transports cabinet level officials and senior military leaders conducting official business.
12:48 PM · Feb 5, 2021

[Tanuki]

1. Wow. I will be interested in hearing more about this.

[Best_man23]

2. That aircraft needs to be taken off the line

And inspected from nose to tail, every system, every fastener.

[msfiddlestix]

3. "A Man"

Can't get much more generic. I hope we get more details soon.

[lagomorph777]

9. MAGA man?

Neanderthal Man? Was he dressed in animal skins? Oh, wait - they both do that...

[msfiddlestix]

12. Right?

Neanderthal Man? Was he dressed in animal skins? Oh, wait - they both do that...

I can just see the image of that jackass who is sitting behind bars right now... damn unreal.

[LiberalArkie]

13. A man with the missing 10 lbs of C-4?

[intheflow]

14. That was my first thought, too.

[crickets]

24. Same here. nt

[MagickMuffin]

4. I suppose they arrested the intruder and checked the plane for bombs

That is something to be concerned about and How this person gained access is rather scary considering this is where most government officials keep their planes.

[Sgent]

7. Bombs are realtively easy

detecting any tampering with communications equipment is much harder if they believe this to be a foreign asset.

[ananda]

5. They have caught and charged the man.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/intruder-accessed-joint-base-andrews-and-entered-airplane-officials-said-1.661097

[Tanuki]

11. Interesting...

..."Andrews officials said the man was not armed and no one was injured during the incident. It occurred one day before President Joe Biden was scheduled to take his first trip out of town as president via Andrews. The president was still scheduled to fly out of the base to Wilmington, Del., on Friday afternoon, according to the White House schedule.

It was unclear Friday how the man gained access to the base or how he was able to enter an aircraft."...

[Irish_Dem]

6. A man gets on an USAF base, then gets to the flight line, then gets into an unlocked C-40.

I can assure you that the base commander is having some meetings right now.
And the language is not suitable for civilian ears.
Heads are going to roll.

[jpak]

8. Yup

Heads will figuratively roll

[Budi]

10. Occured the day before Pres Biden was scheduled to take his first trip out of town as President.....

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Andrews officials said the man was not armed and no one was injured during the incident. It occurred one day before President Joe Biden was scheduled to take his first trip out of town as president via Andrews. The president was still scheduled to fly out of the base to Wilmington, Del., on Friday afternoon, according to the White House schedule.

It was unclear Friday how the man gained access to the base or how he was able to enter an aircraft.

Base officials vowed to ensure such an incident was not repeated in the future.****

Wtf.
Not saying who, nor how he got that far past security. Did he have credinentials that allowed it?

[sheshe2]

15. Or just inside help.

[Budi]

16. Yup. Hard to believe he got that far on his charm & wit!

That's a chilling reality

[Irish_Dem]

20. He could not have gotten that far on charm and wit.

There had to be some help, credentials, real of fake.

If not, Andrews is in seriously bad security condition.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Might have been someone with credentials to get on the base and the flight line.

Usually planes are locked. And only a few are allowed onboard other than flight crew.
Cleaning and repair crews have access.

So this guy got past three levels of security, getting on the base, on the flight line and then on the airplane.
Does make me agree with you that he could have had some credentials.

But even then he would not have access to a military aircraft.
It should not have been unlocked. These planes are expensive.
And of course the security issue.

We also have a situation where Andrews AFB houses presidential aircraft, so there should be a higher level of security.

My ears are hurting as I imagine what the base commander is yelling right now.
And up the chain of command.

Someone will lose their job over this, as they well should.

[Budi]

18. As you state it, yup there're a few people who broke a sacred trust.

Ya, it's ear shattering noise followed by deathly silence in that room and there's only one person talking.

[Irish_Dem]

21. Right and if anybody else tries to talk, the ear shattering noise is kicked up a few notches.

And of course the Base commander is going to receive a few calls from up the chain of command.
He will be on the receiving end of the ear shattering noise.
I assume Secret Service will be involved.

[Politicalgolfer]

19. From what we have been thru at the Capitol....

.....I cannot help but hope they are investigating the possibility that someone from the inside let this man in😡

[Irish_Dem]

22. Most of the people on the base don't have access to the flight line or the aircraft.

So it would have to be someone who is connected to flight operations.
And few people have direct access to the aircraft.
These are very expensive planes. And they are kept locked.

If it is an inside job, I would think the investigators only have a relatively small group of people to look at.

A military air base employs a lot of people, but many of them have don't have direct connections to flight operators.

[soothsayer]

23. Didn't Andrews get breached with drumpf once?

Faintly remember something