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Lockdown lifted after security incident at Naval Air Station Sigonella
After an investigation, officials at Naval Air Station Sigonella on the Italian island of Sicily determined there was no threat, the base said in a statement the same day. Security forces were ...
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U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy, locked down for several hours due to "security incident"
Personnel at U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy, were told to shelter in place for several hours Wednesday morning due to an unspecified "security incident" at the base. The U.S ...
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US air base in Italy goes on lockdown for several hours over unspecified incident
There were no injuries. Naval Air Station Sigonella was locked down “due to an ongoing situation,” according to initial posts on the base’s official Facebook page. The posts suggested that ...
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U.S. Naval Air Station put under lockdown and a shelter-in-place order
The naval air station began operations in 1959 at the height of the Cold War. Currently, Sigonella coordinates “base operating support functions for operating forces throughout the region.” ...