SLXOwft
16th Feb 2021, 12:13
Occuring two weeks before the C-40 incident posted by Nutloose an intrusion into RAF Mildenhall has been reported on by the Air Force Times. Having always believed entering a US base could prove to be a lethal experience, I am having doubts. May be the Valley intrusion wasn't as much a national embarassment as I thought.:ok:
On Jan. 23, “a British national gained unauthorized access onto RAF Mildenhall,” a United States Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa public affairs staffer told Military Times Sunday morning in an email. “No ill intent is suspected, and the individual was escorted off base without incident. Extra security measures are in effect to ensure a similar incident does not occur.”
A post on the unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AirForceForum/posts/1809124072594558) — which first reported the incident — said that a man “drove through the bird in hand gate which has alligator teeth, popped three tires, Not one of the three SF members in the gate shack noticed. The man made it to the gym parking lot and was trying to change three flats with one spare and a member walking out of the gym approached him and knew something was wrong. Called BDOC and walked the man back to the gate where his daughter was waiting. Now SF have to stand outside the gate shack 24/7 and the investigation is on going.”
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2021/02/07/another-gate-breach-at-raf-mildenhall-prompts-increased-security-measures/
This also marks the second intrusion onto Mildenhall in less than four years.
On Dec. 18, 2017, a man with a with a teddy bear strapped to his chest showed up at the main gate to the base, claiming to be from the Secret Service and saying, “This is a matter of national security, and I must speak to the president,” Air Force Times reported in September 2019.
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/
On Jan. 23, “a British national gained unauthorized access onto RAF Mildenhall,” a United States Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa public affairs staffer told Military Times Sunday morning in an email. “No ill intent is suspected, and the individual was escorted off base without incident. Extra security measures are in effect to ensure a similar incident does not occur.”
A post on the unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AirForceForum/posts/1809124072594558) — which first reported the incident — said that a man “drove through the bird in hand gate which has alligator teeth, popped three tires, Not one of the three SF members in the gate shack noticed. The man made it to the gym parking lot and was trying to change three flats with one spare and a member walking out of the gym approached him and knew something was wrong. Called BDOC and walked the man back to the gate where his daughter was waiting. Now SF have to stand outside the gate shack 24/7 and the investigation is on going.”
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2021/02/07/another-gate-breach-at-raf-mildenhall-prompts-increased-security-measures/
This also marks the second intrusion onto Mildenhall in less than four years.
On Dec. 18, 2017, a man with a with a teddy bear strapped to his chest showed up at the main gate to the base, claiming to be from the Secret Service and saying, “This is a matter of national security, and I must speak to the president,” Air Force Times reported in September 2019.
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/