NATO base lowers security threat level back to Bravo+
11:47 AM EDT, August 23, 2024
"The security level at NATO's Geilenkirchen Air Base has returned to Bravo+," announced Friday. It was also assured that all operations were proceeding according to plan.
A statement was issued on Friday regarding the situation at NATO's Geilenkirchen Air Base in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
"The security level at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen has returned to Bravo+. The temporary rise to Charlie was a precautionary measure to minimise potential risk to our organisation and personnel. All scheduled operations are proceeding as planned.," reads the statement.
It was assured that all operations are proceeding according to plan.
Alarm at NATO base: Security level raised on Thursday
On Thursday evening at the base in Germany, the security level was raised due to intelligence information "indicating a potential threat."
"It is not a cause for concern, and it is solely a preventive measure to ensure that we can continue our key activities," said the base's spokesman on Thursday, quoted by "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung."
As AFP points out, Germany, one of Kyiv's key allies in the war in Ukraine, remains at the highest level of readiness in case of sabotage or attacks on its military facilities.
