Originally Posted by wild goose
What lies behind these references to hangars on Diego Garcia?
One could postulate a terrorist inspired crash into the flight line at DG, taking out numerous B-52s and/or KC-135s.
That would, of course, require an anti-US mindset focussed perhaps on activity in Afghanistan (or elsewhere).
Somehow I'm not quite joining up the dots on that, unless the intended act originated in the passenger cabin. But there is no evidence to date. At least it's a possible target, though.