RAF Mildenhall: Shots fired by US guards during ‘security incident’

Man arrested at Suffolk base after allegedly attempting to drive car through checkpoint

US soldier
A member of the 100th Security Forces Squadron stands guard at RAF Mildenhall
(Image credit: US Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jerry Fleshman)

A man has been arrested following a “security incident” involving a vehicle checkpoint at RAF Mildenhall, an airbase used by the US air force.

A Ministry of Defence source told Sky News that “a man driving a car tried to force the vehicle into the barriers at the entrance” to the Suffolk base, home to more than 3,000 US service personnel and several hundred British civilian staff.

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