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air pig
8th Sep 2019, 17:02
Commnts from out friends on arrse,

https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/the-gate-runner-how-a-bizarre-breach-at-mildenhall-transformed-base-security-across-the-air-force.295097/

And the Air Force Times published story.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/09/05/the-gate-runner-how-a-bizarre-breach-at-mildenhall-transformed-base-security-across-the-air-force/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB+09.06.19&utm_term=Editorial+-+Early+Bird+Brief

Some interesting comments regarding base security and internal reaction forces. How many RAF stations have the same unacknowledged problems.
campbeex
9th Sep 2019, 07:14
Probably not a subject for discussion on a public forum.
beardy
9th Sep 2019, 08:22
Probably not a subject for discussion on a public forum.
Perhaps you would like to convey your paranoia to the Air Force Times.
Mil-26Man
9th Sep 2019, 08:30
How many RAF stations have the same unacknowledged problems.

I think this is the question campbeex is commenting on.
campbeex
9th Sep 2019, 08:51
I think this is the question campbeex is commenting on.

Indeed it was.
Asturias56
9th Sep 2019, 08:53
This is the 21st Century - if there IS an issue it WILL be outed fairly quickly - nothing remains secret any longer

I seriously doubt anything posted on a BB is news to either the good guys or the bad guys - its just the public whoa re expected to remain in blissful ignorance - which is all too often used to cover up failings rather than address them IMHO
air pig
9th Sep 2019, 10:31
Probably not a subject for discussion on a public forum.

As the OP, like the NHS the MoD is prone to ineffectiveness and then when something happens 'cover up'.
212man
9th Sep 2019, 12:19
The teddy bear “was torn apart during the apprehension,” the report said.

is that standard practice for a suspected bomb?!!
Martin the Martian
9th Sep 2019, 12:47
Poor bear. He was innocent.
Bob Viking
9th Sep 2019, 13:53
How do you know it was innocent? And why do you presume it was a he?!

You know what happens when you assume...

BV
andrewn
9th Sep 2019, 14:48
I read through that report and noted that "lessons had been learned, etc", but I'm not sure any system could ever be expected to deal with a secret agent, in a Volvo, with a 2 foot tall Teddy Bear, with a desire to get up close and personal with the flightline!?

Shame about the Bear of course, he seemed largely innocent in this sad affair.