Five arrested following 'major incident' near RAF base in UK

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1. Five arrested following 'major incident' near RAF base in UK

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   2026-09-27T08:19:31Z

   Counter terrorism police are leading an investigation into the incident. Five men have been arrested on suspected explosives offences as well as on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. #EuropeNews

2. UK village on edge over threats to air base in terror alert

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   2026-09-27T20:14:08Z

   Residents in a bucolic corner of southwestern England said they were "spooked" by an air base used by the US military in its war against Iran as bomb experts descended on the area on Sunday.

3. UK counter-terrorism police probe incident near air base

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   2026-09-27T12:40:15Z

   British counterterrorism police Sunday were reportedly probing a major incident near a base used by the US Air Force after several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offenses.

4. British police arrest five near US air base on terrorism suspicion

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   2026-09-27T16:25:57Z

   British police arrested five men near a US air base on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offenses on Sunday (September 27) after a tip-off that three vans had been heading to the military airfield which has been used to strike Iran.

5. UK police arrest 5 men, counter-terror squad probes ‘major incident’ near air base used by US forces

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   2026-09-27T09:05:06Z

   British police said they had evacuated homes Sunday near the air base of Fairford in southwest England used by US air forces and arrested five men over suspected explosives offences. British counter-terrorism…

6. Several arrested in 'major incident' at UK air base used by US

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   2026-09-27T12:52:02Z

   British police said on Sunday (September 27) they had arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offenses and army bomb disposal experts were examining a number of vehicles in a "major incident" near an air base used by the US in southwest England.

7. UK: 5 arrested after 'major incident' near Fairford air base used by US forces

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   2026-09-27T09:14:21.390Z

   Scores of homes were evacuated in the UK town of Whelford, near an air base used by the US military, with bomb disposal teams checking "suspicious vehicles" at the scene. Police said five men had been arrested.

8. Several arrests at UK air base as major incident declared

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   2026-09-27T13:33:30Z

   British police have arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offences near an RAF airbase in England which is used by the US air force.

9. UK police arrest men on explosives act offenses after air base security stepped up-Sky

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   2026-09-27T07:47:34.009Z

   Britain's Gloucestershire police said ​on Sunday they ‌had arrested several men on suspicion ​of offences ​under the explosives act ⁠after security measures ​stepped up at ​Fairford air base, used by the US ​air force, Sky ​News reported.

10. Air base at the center of a UK terror probe has been used by the US Air Force during the Iran war

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    2026-09-27T14:18:42Z

    British police have arrested five men on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism and explosives offenses outside RAF Fairford, a base in western England operated by the U.S.