A British municipal council rejected an application by the US Air Force to build around 500 new houses on land near RAF Mildenhall, reports the Stars and Stripes. Local citizens last year cited concerns about increased traffic. The council, according to the Stripes, also noted that ongoing restructuring within the Air Force left the actual number of new homes needed in the air.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.