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Two Britons arrested in a Royal Air base

London, UK - They were able to reach the B-52s at the base

Two English citizens, Phillip Pritchard, 32, and Toby Olditch, 34, both from Oxford, have been arrested yesterday while exceeding the fencing of the Royal Air Force base at Fairford, where there're 14 American B-52 bombers which will be used in the next conflict in Iraq. The two individuals tried to attack photographies of Iraqi victims on the aircraft, but the tight patrolling that in these days...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 42478
Rome, Italy, 03/19/2003 16:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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