After shooting, can Pensacola remain a lighthouse for freedom?

Fortifications at Naval Air Station Pensacola were more than 100 years old when the city became the site of a Civil War siege. In the modern era, it has graduated thousands of American jet fighter aces.

But the Naval Aviation Schools Command here is also a diplomatic mission of sorts, where thousands of foreign airmen are trained to fly fighter jets. The visitors don’t just stay on base. As hosts, local families regularly invite them to Thanksgiving and community events.

So when Second Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani of the Royal Saudi Air Force killed three sailors and wounded eight others on Friday at Building 633, it felt, says Vietnam veteran and longtime Pensacola resident Tim Daley,