Daily Mail: Pentagon grounds more than 300 Saudi trainee pilots in the US for 'safety' reasons after Florida Navy base shooting - but top brass deny flight instructor requests to be armed
* Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, 21, acted alone when he attacked a U.S. Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, on Friday before he was fatally shot by deputy sheriff
* Navy spokeswoman said: 'A safety stand-down and operational pause commenced Monday for Saudi Arabian aviation students'
* Another official said the grounding was to help Saudi students prepare to restart their training and the same would happen at a US military squadron
* U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he'd instructed armed forces to review security at military bases and screenings for foreign soldiers who come to the US
* Northern Command spokesman said local commanders in the US also had the authority to 'add further countermeasures as needed'
* But instructor pilots said top brass denied their requests to be armed. They said Tuesday: 'We don’t want to count on cops or gate guards to save us in a crisis'
More than 300 Saudi Arabian military aviation students have been grounded as part of a 'safety stand-down' after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and killed three people last Friday at a US Navy base in Florida.
The FBI has said US investigators believe Saudi Air Force Second Lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, 21, acted alone when he attacked in Pensacola then was fatally shot by a deputy sheriff who was first to respond.
The US Defense Secretary said he had instructed the armed forces to review both security at military bases and screening for foreign soldiers who come to the United States for training after the shooting.
But three anonymous pilot instructors claim their requests to arm themselves after the attack have been denied by a top Navy brass.
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