US air base put on security lockdown
Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:23AM GMT
Translation by Autumnson Blog
在南亞利桑那州的戴維斯-蒙森空軍基地
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on the outskirts of the southern Arizona city of Tucson has been put under lockdown for a “potential security situation,” an air base official says.
在亞利桑那州南部圖森市郊區的戴維斯-蒙森空軍基地已被禁閉，為“潛在的安全形勢，”一名空軍基地負責人表示。
A man with a weapon allegedly entered the base on Friday, causing the base to go into “crisis action mode,” and the officials locked down the base for the safety and security of the people on Davis-Monthan, the Associated Press quoted Sgt. James Russell Martin of the base's media relations office as saying.
一名有武器的男人據稱在週五進入基地，導致基地進入“危機行動模式”，而官員為安全和保障戴維斯-蒙森上人民的禁閉，美聯社援引基地媒體關係辦公室的軍士詹姆斯羅素馬丁的說話。
Martin said, “No shots have been fired and no one has been hurt.”
馬丁說，“沒有發射槍及沒有人受傷害。”
“Security is going to be in place until base leadership feels the situation is under control,” Martin stated. “We're just going to make sure we maintain heightened security until we feel everything is safe and secure.”
Davis-Monthan is one of Tucson's largest employers with up to 8,500 people on the base at any single time.
Davis-Monthan is located next to the Pima Air and Space Museum and the "boneyard" for old military and government airplanes, a popular destination for aviation enthusiasts.
Two ambulances and two fire trucks were sent to the base, according to Tucson Fire Department spokeswoman Trish Tracy. However, officials said "it had nothing to do with the security situation" and the vehicles were called because a pregnant member of the community was being taken to the hospital.
Earlier this year a gunman seriously wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six people in a suburban area northwest of Tucson.
During the lockdown on Friday, students were kept in schools on the base. Traffic was reduced to a single point entry; vehicles lined up at the base's main gate and were being turned around, Senior Airman Timothy Dunaway said.
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