Since the air base may be attacked by fire from outside the base or by infiltrators or
agents inside the base, it shall be established policy that:

a.  “Guards, sentries, outposts, watchposts, and patrols will fire on any force or
individual committing a hostile act either within the base or from outside the base.”  A hostile act is defined as firing in the direction of the base, setting up weapons within
range of the base (unless prior clearance has been secured by friendly forces),
attempting to infiltrate or overwhelm by numbers an outpost, or failure to halt when ordered to do so when within the base.

b.  All necessary force to defeat an attack shall be applied.  Such force may include:
small arms, automatic weapons, crew served weapons, artillery fire, armed helicopter attack, attack by aircraft, or attack by infantry or armored formation.

c.  “All reasonable care will be taken to reduce damage to innocent personnel and buildings, but defense of the air base will be considered as overriding”.

     a.  “ I understand that it is my duty to defend the air base against any action which
may threaten life or property.  Effective attack may be made by mortars, small arms,
low trajectory weapons and other devices located outside the perimeter of the airfield
as well as by infiltration.

     b.  I understand that I am authorized and directed to utilize whatever force is
necessary to render an attack harmless, whether the attack comes from inside or
outside the base.

     c.  If I observe an attack or threat from outside the base, I will report the attack or threat and take the position of force which threatens the base under fire with the most effective means at my disposal.  Within the base, I will not fire unless it is either a
direct assault, I see weapons being emplaced, or the personnel refuse to halt.  “When
I observe weapons being emplaced, a direct assault, or flashes which I can recognize
as a weapon directed against the air base, I will respond with maximum affective firepower.”