Originally Posted by
Homa
Back in '03, there was a high-speed chase in Boise that ended up at the airport...
Thought I'd share since this story reminded me of my own.
To tag onto the airport chase story list;
Back in 1989 at MCAS El Toro, some guy led a large chase right through the security fence and onto the ramp area. For what seemed to be at least 4-5 minutes he managed to evade capture from a large number of pursuing vehicles.
I had a very close front row seat for the live action as he drove back and forth through parked and taxing fighters, the hot refuel pits and even a hanger. It seemed like every base security and airport vehicle was in on the chase. He did a great job at evasion, even though it was a very poor choice in escape routing.
After some extremely dangerous moves on his part they sandwiched him. No gun fire though - darn that gear down safety lock feature.
SP