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Palestine ‘Activists’ Break Into Secure Airfield, Sabotage Royal Air Force Jets
Breitbart ^ | 20 Jun 2025 | OLIVER JJ LANE

Posted on 06/20/2025 6:22:00 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Two RAF logistics jets were damaged at one of Britain’s most theoretically secure airfields overnight into Friday by Palestinian Action activists who were able to escape undetected.

Leftist direct action group Palestinian Action, which has been engaged in a campaign of violent sabotage of Israel-linked supply chains since the October 7th attacks, has claimed responsibility for a strike against the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force overnight. Two activists were able to infiltrate RAF Brize Norton, cause damage with paint-filled fire extinguishers and crowbars, paint a symbol on the runway and hang a Palestinian flag before leaving the area, all without being caught.

The air base is a legally protected place in British law and is heavily guarded, leaving serious questions asked about the state of its defence given two activists on e-scooters were able to cause damage undetected. The Commanding Officer of RAF Brize Norton, Group Captain Louise Henton OBE, a career “personnel and administrative officer” deactivated her X account on Friday morning after news of the infiltration became public.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: raf; uk; unitedkingdom; whataretheirfrnicks
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1 posted on 06/20/2025 6:22:00 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Great security.


2 posted on 06/20/2025 6:24:26 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: Mr. Mojo
This

should

wake

the

Brits

up

3 posted on 06/20/2025 6:25:43 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Complacency is a poor attitude in military or security personnel.


4 posted on 06/20/2025 6:26:08 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: dljordan

Heavily guarded, leaving serious questions.

Indeed


5 posted on 06/20/2025 6:28:40 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Mr. Mojo

They used to hang saboteurs.


6 posted on 06/20/2025 6:28:52 AM PDT by Westbrook (democRATs are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

HEAVILY GUARDED????

HOW?

BY WHOM?

THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE


7 posted on 06/20/2025 6:29:50 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Mr. Mojo
The Commanding Officer of RAF Brize Norton, Group Captain Louise Henton OBE, a career “personnel and administrative officer” deactivated her X account on Friday morning after news of the infiltration became public.

Make a DEI hire, ya get what ya get..

8 posted on 06/20/2025 6:31:28 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: Tell It Right

I suddenly didnt care when I saw it was the Brits.


9 posted on 06/20/2025 6:33:56 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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...Britain’s most theoretically secure airfields...

It seems the SOP needs a careful review. I'd dump whomever was in charge of security.

10 posted on 06/20/2025 6:34:02 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Mr. Mojo

HeAvIlY gUaRdEd


11 posted on 06/20/2025 6:35:01 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Vaduz

Probably not that heavily guarded.

No planes damaged?

“Two activists were able to infiltrate RAF Brize Norton, cause damage with paint-filled fire extinguishers and crowbars, paint a symbol on the runway and hang a Palestinian flag before leaving the area”


12 posted on 06/20/2025 6:35:29 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: coloradan

Andy and Barney are providing security?


13 posted on 06/20/2025 6:36:36 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Tell It Right

NOTHING WILL!


14 posted on 06/20/2025 6:37:16 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience..H)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

oh wait... the first part covered the plane damage.

“Footage posted by Palestinian Action as they claimed the attack showed the activists riding battery-powered scooters at speed across the airfield and between aircraft. They can be seen spraying a liquid from repurposed fire extinguishers into the engine of an aircraft. Per Palestinian Action’s own words, this act was “decommissioning two military planes” which they claimed were to be used in the “genocide… against the Palestinian people”.”


15 posted on 06/20/2025 6:37:26 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: Tell It Right; Mr. Mojo

I guess some of them are awake about how much Britain has been degraded, but they have been bullied into submission by the likes of Starmer and his ilk. On the whole, I think the British are fully demoralized at this point which is one of the goals of their oppressive government. I do not have much hope for them to be able to overcome their downward spiral.


16 posted on 06/20/2025 6:39:01 AM PDT by beaversmom
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Hey, Russia.

You want to put an end to the UK using the Ukraine as a puppet for drone strikes deep inside your country?

This indicates a weakness you might be able to exploit.


17 posted on 06/20/2025 6:39:20 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: GingisK

And the broad in charge:

The Commanding Officer of RAF Brize Norton, Group Captain Louise Henton OBE, a career “personnel and administrative officer” deactivated her X account on Friday morning after news of the infiltration became public.


18 posted on 06/20/2025 6:41:25 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: GingisK

> I’d dump whomever was in charge of security. <

The base commander’s career should be over as well. Maybe that’s a bit unfair. But that’s also where the ultimate responsibility lays.


19 posted on 06/20/2025 6:41:37 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Tell It Right

Presuming that you’re referencing domestic, non-governmental brits...

It won’t.


20 posted on 06/20/2025 6:43:07 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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