As an Air Force base with lots of top secret things going on and security issues, it would have been better for B6 just to fly to LAS. At LAX, jetBlue had access to MX facilities, plenty of ground transport, elite rescue units trained for just this circumstance, etc. They made the best call In a message dated 9/23/2005 8:38:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tdugan@xxxxxxxx writes: Edwards was an option that I that I would have looked at seriously. Plenty of room if directional control is an issue and you can land right into the wind. But I don't know what their ARFF and hospital situation is there