Roads closed and screens put up around RAF base
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Roads closed and screens put up around RAF base
8 hours ago
Joe Skirkowski
West of England
Protective screens have been put up to prevent people seeing in to the base
Roads have been closed and protective screens have gone up around an RAF base used by the United States Air Force (USAF) to launch operations against Iran.
The area has become popular with plane spotters since USAF bombers began arriving at the base earlier this month. ... Plastic screening and some nearby roads have been cordoned off in an attempt to stop people filming into the base.
"There's some sensitive information behind the scenes here and when it comes to it we just need to employ some intelligence and do the right thing," said Jo Hursey, a military veteran from Royal Wootton Bassett who travelled to Fairford. ... "When it comes to it, it's a bit of common sense," she added.
Hursey said she made the half hour trip to Fairford to see the planes and "witness history," but witnessed people using ladders to look over the barrier, which she believes is inappropriate.
Some roads near the base have been closed to traffic
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RAF Fairford is in southwestern England. I've posted a few threads over in the National Defense & Security forum about it and RAF Mildenhall.
A motorway runs right past the end of the runway at RAF Fairford, and planespotters from all over have been flocking to RAF Fairford to watch the operations. As of this morning, there are six B-52s from Minot AFB and a dozen B-1s from a few AFBs stationed there.
Hat tip, a spotter writing in the Lakenheath & Mildenhall Spotters Group Facebook site.
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