Airmen told no uniforms in city
Written: 7th March, 2008
Airmen have been told not to leave an RAF base in uniform to avoid being verbally abused by civilians.
Officers at RAF Wittering reported that servicemen have been taunted by people in nearby Peterborough who oppose UK involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Although military staff are encouraged to wear uniform in public, a local decision was made against doing so in the city, the Ministry of Defence said.
The government is investigating as "a matter of urgency".
Cambridgeshire police said they did not know of any abuse reported in the city.
But a spokesman for RAF Wittering said staff from the base had reported incidents of abuse "up the military chain of command".
Source BBC news