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Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Since 2019, the base has played host to a Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady detachment from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron. It is the USAF's only European airfield for heavy bombers and routinely supports Bomber Task Force operations. Its most prominent use in recent decades has been as an airfield for United States Air Force B-52s during the first Gulf War in 1991, the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the 2003 Iraq War, and the 2026 Iran war.
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Bomb disposal experts are examining a number of vehicles after a major incident was declared near the military airbase, which is also used by the US air force
Investigators are examining a possible Iran connection after suspicious vehicles were stopped near RAF Fairford
Five men remain in custody on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act after three vans were stopped near RAF Fairford; an Iran-linked motive is considered most likely, though Russian sabotage and an Islamist plot are also being examined