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RAF base prepares for threats at home and abroad
Personnel have been taking part in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training
A front-line RAF base has expanded training for all personnel to reflect evolving threats at home and abroad.
RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, is one of two quick reaction alert stations that protect UK airspace with combat-ready squadrons of Typhoon jets.
Military leaders have raised the level of force protection training, which includes combat first aid, additional firearms drills and awareness of chemical, nuclear and biological hazards.
Wing Cdr Ian Hart, who commands 29 Squadron, said the change in posture was "a recognition that the threat can come to us very, very easily in today's world".
He added: "We need to be ready here and we need to refresh those drills and be ready to act on them should any of those threats actually become a reality for us."
Wing Cdr Ian Hart says threats may emerge far closer to home than has previously been assumed
The base is the first in the UK to introduce Module 2 Individual Readiness Training as its minimum standard.
Hart said: "When we look at the unstable world and the threats we're facing, I think it just brings it home that actually we need to be ready wherever we are, all of the time."
He explained how combat first aid training reflected threats such as drone strikes.