[aristeides]

If I'm not mistaken, MacDill Air Force Base is the headquarters of the Armed Forces Special Operations Command, which had just played a major role in the fighting in Afghanistan shortly before this boy went on his fatal flight.

[Shermy]

If I'm not mistaken, MacDill Air Force Base is the headquarters of the Armed Forces Special Operations Command, which had just played a major role in the fighting in Afghanistan shortly before this boy went on his fatal flight.

True. But maybe just a coincidence of the boy already being near there. "CharlesBishop" key word above brings up a few earlier stories.

I've never seen the slightest scrap of evidence the father was a Muslim, or that the boy was, or that either had ever even set foot in a mosque.

I don't know if he had any religious affiliation. However there is his note praising Osama.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

That sounds right, but for some reason I also had also associated MacDill with SAC (Strategic Air Command); although I thought that SAC headquarters were at Offutt, AFB in Nebraska.

In any case, for some reason, I associate the two. Now I've confused myself and I'll have to ask my dad for clairification.