The base was temporarily put into lockdown as police responded to reports of what they called a "significant incident". The incident is not thought to be terror-related.
Suffolk police are currently at the scene and advised people to avoid the area for the time being.
They say there is no wider threat to the public or people on the base and they are not looking for anyone else.
Standard Operating Procedure-base goes down on lockdown until Security Forces can make sure all is safe. Seems no Americans or friendlies were injured. That's a good thing.
The base was temporarily put into lockdown as police responded to reports of what they called a "significant incident". The incident is not thought to be terror-related.
Suffolk police are currently at the scene and advised people to avoid the area for the time being.
They say there is no wider threat to the public or people on the base and they are not looking for anyone else.
Standard Operating Procedure-base goes down on lockdown until Security Forces can make sure all is safe. Seems no Americans or friendlies were injured. That's a good thing.
Royal Air Force Mildenhall , more commonly known as RAF Mildenhall , ( IATA : MHZ , ICAO : EGUN ) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located near Mildenhall in Suffolk , England .
Despite its status as a Royal Air Force station , it primarily supports United States Air Force (USAF) operations, and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW).
On 8 January 2015, the United States Department of Defense announced that operations at RAF Mildenhall would end (along with those at RAF Molesworth and RAF Alconbury ), and be relocated to Germany ( Spangdahlem Air Base ) and also elsewhere within the UK. [1]
On 18 January 2016, the British Ministry of Defence announced that the site is to be sold. [2]
RAF Mildenhall hosts units from four different major USAF commands – Air Combat Command , Air Force Special Operations Command , Air Mobility Command and United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE); as well as units of the United States Navy .
part of 55th Wing, 55th Operations Group, Offutt Air Force Base , Nebraska
part of 55th Wing, 55th Operations Group Intelligence Wing, Offutt Air Force Base , Nebraska
part of 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, Ramstein Air Base , Germany
RAF Mildenhall, together with its sister base RAF Lakenheath , have the largest United States Air Force presence in the United Kingdom.
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