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Uidentificerede droner rapporteret over RAF Fairford under udvidelsen af dronnekampagnen mod britiske militærbaser
Inden den 26. november 2024 bekræftede USAFE, at aktiviteten af uidentificerede UAV'er var udvidet til RAF Fairford i Gloucestershire, geografisk adskilt fra de tre baser i East Anglia. Fairford husede amerikanske militærfly og er en vigtig strategisk flyveplads, der bruges til bombeflyudsendelser. Samtidige myndigheder identificerede ikke offentligt dronernes oprindelse, operatør eller formål, og der blev ikke rapporteret skader på installationen. IISS vurderede senere hændelserne i Fairford og East Anglia inden for samme bredere russiske UAV-kampagne og anså maritim lancering/genfinding af russisk-forbundne kommercielle eller skyggeflådefartøjer for sandsynlig. Fordi den nøjagtige dato for den første observation i Fairford er mindre klart dokumenteret end for Lakenheath, Mildenhall og Feltwell, bør 25.-26. november forblive omtrentlig i stedet for at blive tilbagedateret til 20. november uden beviser.
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- 2024-11-25T11:53:25Z
By 26 November 2024, USAFE confirmed that unidentified UAV activity had expanded to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, geographically separated from the three East Anglia bases. Fairford was hosting US military aircraft and is an important strategic airfield used for bomber deployments. Contemporary authorities did not publicly identify the drones’ origin, operator or purpose, and no damage to the installation was reported. IISS later assessed the Fairford and East Anglia incidents within the same wider Russian UAV campaign and considered maritime launch/recovery by Russian-linked commercial or shadow-fleet vessels likely. Because the exact first Fairford sighting date is less clearly documented than for Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Feltwell, 25–26 November should remain approximate rather than being backdated to 20 November without evidence.