1/29/2008 - TUCSON, Ariz. (AFPN) -- Pilots assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing's Alert Detachment at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., will fly air patrols and air defense deterrence missions in support of the Super Bowl XLII Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz. Arizona's Air Guardsmen are teaming up with the North American Aerospace Defense Command in a consolidated effort with federal, state and local agencies to provide security for the National Football League's championship game held at 73,719-seat University of Phoenix Stadium.
WTF one can do with a state of the art fighterplane like this F-16 to 'protect' a sports evenement?
Shooting flying soccers?
you are the media you consume.
load up a small-ish private craft with a fertilizer bomb,
A Cessna with a top-loaded fuel will cause more death in the following panic-rush than on impact. I once witnessed a small plane crash in a crowd and for Belgium 10 casualties in one accident is huge, but if 'terrorists' wonna make a statement they will not use a Cessna or Piper.
Security doesn't come from F-16's. Something else is seriously rotten, when are the USA gonna spend their money (if there's any left) in the right place? The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)
In terms of the overall security investment in the event I think the aerial stuff is pretty low on the pole and mostly for show.
