{"id":4395,"date":"2026-11-14T10:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T05:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2026-11-14T10:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T05:03:55","slug":"us-air-force-responds-to-suspected-drone-activity-over-uk-airbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4395","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force responds to suspected drone activity over UK airbase"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Air Force personnel at the RAF Lakenheath base in Britain responded to \u201csuspected unauthorised \u200cdrone activity\u201d on Friday evening, although no personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected, a US Air Force spokesperson said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to work closely with our host nation counterparts to ensure the safety and security of our US service members, US \u200band host nation civilians, contractors, and all of our families,\u201d the spokesperson said by email.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defence \u200bsaid US Air Force Security Forces personnel had responded to reports of unauthorised \u2060drone activity and that the situation had been resolved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working closely with them to establish the \u200bfacts. We will provide updates in due course,\u201d a ministry spokesperson said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n

The US has \u200bin recent weeks moved bombers that had been used to strike Iran out of Britain, and relocated huge refuelling aircraft from Britain to Germany. A news report later said there had been a threat from Iran.<\/a><\/p>\n

The bombers<\/a> left RAF Fairford<\/a> on security \u200bgrounds after a group of men approached the base in white vans in the middle of the \u200bnight on September 27.<\/p>\n

Two men were charged last month in relation to that incident, with prosecutors alleging one of them \u200chad \u2060tried to assist Iranian intelligence<\/a> in Britain.<\/p>\n

The US Justice Department said this week that a member of an Iran-backed militia<\/a> had plotted to attack the Fairford air base while detained in the US on criminal charges.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal has reported that the refuelling aircraft were moved due to a threat from Iran.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s domestic \u200bspy chief said in October \u200bthat Iran had stepped \u2060up attempts to hit harder targets such as military sites in Britain.<\/p>\n

Tehran has rejected accusations of involvement in the Fairford incident or any other accusations of \u200bmalign activity in Britain, where the authorities have for several years \u200baccused it \u2060of being involved in plots and attempted assassinations against dissidents and Israeli and Jewish targets.<\/p>\n

Germany has blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig\/Halle Airport in August after airport workers found a drone laden with explosives and a \u2060detonator at \u200bthe airport, an important civilian freight and NATO logistics hub \u200bin eastern Germany that is also a base for several giant Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo planes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US Air Force personnel at the RAF Lakenheath base in Britain responded to \u201csuspected unauthorised \u200cdrone activity\u201d on Friday evening, although no personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected, a US Air Force spokesperson said. \u201cWe continue to work closely with our host nation counterparts to ensure the safety and security of our US service members, US \u200band host nation civilians, contractors, and all of our families,\u201d the spokesperson said by email. Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defence \u200bsaid US Air Force Security Forces personnel had responded to reports of unauthorised \u2060drone activity…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}