Personnel working at the Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily were instructed to take shelter where they were.
A US naval air base in Italy had to be locked down briefly on Wednesday due a “security incident”, the US Navy has confirmed.
Naval Air Station Sigonella, a major hub for NATO operations in the Mediterranean, told its service members to stay where they were on Wednesday morning.
In a post on the site’s official Facebook account, staff at the base in Sicily were told to avoid travelling between a housing complex and part of the base.
Several hours later, a new post said the alert had ended at around 11:25 CET.
