A sign for RAF Mildenhall airbase with a police vehicle behind itImage source, Reuters
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Aircraft left RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk and landed at other American bases in Europe and also at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire

ByHelen Burchell
  • Published31 minutes ago

An MP said the government has confirmed there was a threat to RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk but not to the town itself.

More than 12 US Air Force aircraft left RAF Mildenhall weeks after the US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford over a suspected Iran-linked security incident.

Nick Timothy, the West Suffolk Conservative MP, said: "I spoke to a defence minister again last night and she confirmed to me that a threat was to the base and not to the town's civilians or civilian infrastructure.