Tag: MacDill Air Force Base
MacDill Threat
⏱ 2 min read Jonathan James Elder, a 35-year-old St. Petersburg man, called in a threat to MacDill Air Force Base on March 18, 2026, just days after a suspicious package was discovered at the base’s Visitor Control Center. Elder’s chilling threat, which included yelling ‘tick tick boom, it’s gonna be between your eyes,’ prompted…
Bomb Plot Foiled
⏱ 2 min read Alen Zheng, a 20-year-old from Land O’Lakes, attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device at the MacDill Air Force Base Visitor’s Center in Tampa on the evening of March 10, 2026. Luckily, the device failed to explode, and law enforcement was able to safely disassemble it. The motive behind the attempted…
