Gunman barricaded in building at Colorado air base (that controls ALL GPS Satellites)

Associated Press ^ | 11/21/2011

[Just4Him]

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) -- Air Force officials say an airman armed with a pistol has barricaded himself in a building at a Colorado Air Force base that controls all GPS satellites, but operations haven't been disrupted.

Schriever (SHREE'-ver) Air Force Base spokeswoman Jennifer Thibault (THEE'-balt) says the building was evacuated after the standoff began Monday. She says no shots were fired and no one was injured.

[TigersEye]

“He said he’d surrender if his college loans were forgiven...”

OWS nuts did say they were going to recruit the military to their cause. I guess they got one. lol

[Just4Him]

A little sigh of relief

[21twelve]

I’m thinking that we got Obama’s telepromter version for his announcement.

I can see it now “Ladies and gentlemen, we have received word from Schriever - pronounced SHREE’-ver - Air Force Base spokeswoman Jennifer Thibault - pronounced THEE’-balt - that...”

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Yeah look at this link me thinks the MSM are exaggerating the location

http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2011/09/16/armed-man-barricaded-in-ariz-air-base-building/";

[null and void]

No problem!

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[drjimmy]

I hope his name isn’t Jack D. Ripper.

[Mr. Wright]

My guess is that his first name is “Mohammad”. This is why we will not hear much of this in State-run media.

[FourPeas]

Story appears to be from 9/16

[RhoTheta]

Confusing. The chain of events looked like it was happening Friday the 16th. Is this current news?

[RhoTheta]

You beat me. September 16th, not last Friday the 16th.

[jagusafr]

There is. Been there.

Colonel, USAFR

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

It does appear to be from 9/16???

[TankerKC]

Somebody in the Air Force with a weapon ? Who knew ?

Right, everyone knows the USAF has no weapons.

[Darkwolf377]

No.

I thought it was clear that was a joke, guess I needed to label it, sorry.

[jennings2004]

“...chicken...”..naughty, naughty...:))

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I didn’t have a chance to research it, but I sort of remember reading that there are two back up sites. Just a guess, but they probably have significant remoting capabilities, just in case of the big one. Did find this:

Ground Stations
The GPS control segment consists of several ground stations located around the world.

•A master control station at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado

•Six unstaffed monitoring stations: Hawaii and Kwajalein in the Pacific Ocean; Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean; Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean; Cape Canaveral, Florida and Colorado Springs, Colorado

•Four large ground-antenna stations that send commands and data up to the satellites and collect telemetry back from them.
The monitor stations track the navigation signals and send their data back to the master control station. There, the controllers determine any adjustments or updates to the navigation signals needed to maintain precise navigation and update the satellites via the ground antennas. To further improve system accuracy, in 2005, the master control station added data from six monitor stations operated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to the six GPS monitor stations.

http://www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/elements.html

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Anyone know a guy named Steve Dunham?

[lonevoice]

The 9/16 story is from Arizona.

The current story is in Colorado.

Is there some connection you’re observing?

[mbarker12474]

Choose:

1. Angry with his wife
2. Angry with his boss
3. Mentally ill
4. Drug deal gone bad
5. Tea Party Extremist
6. Christian Fundamentalist
7. Muslim