The immediate and "reassuring" response to the disturbance at RAF Mildenhall has been praised by a senior Suffolk Constabulary officer. RAF Mildenhall was placed on lockdown after reports a man tried to ram the gates of the US airbase.
The outgoing US ambassador urged people to focus on today's "inspiring" links between airbases such as RAF Lakenheath and their communities as he highlighted their important role in the UK's relationship with his country. Matthew Barzun, who was speaking to journalists just over five weeks before he returns to the US following the election of Donald Trump, highlighted the community bonds between US men and women in uniform and the communities they live in.