UK police arrest men on explosives act offenses after air base security stepped up: Sky News
- On Sunday, September 27, 2026, Gloucestershire Police declared a major incident near RAF Fairford following the arrest of several men on suspicion of explosives offences.
- The airbase serves as the European hub for United States Air Force operations in the Middle East, including flights over the Persian Gulf.
- Residents have been evacuated from the Whelford area to a leisure centre, while the British Army's specialist EOD team is examining a number of vehicles.
- Intelligence reports suggest the base reached FPCON Delta, the Pentagon's highest force-protection level, while police reassured residents the incident is 'contained.'
- Britain said in July its armed forces were ready to protect the country from any attack after Iran's Revolutionary Guards issued a warning not to allow US bombers to fly from Fairford.
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Military deminers are investigating several vehicles near Fairford Base, where the U.S. Army is allowed to strike Iranian missile sites, and homes in the nearby village of Whelford have been evacuated.
On Sunday, British police announced a "big incident" that led to the evacuation of buildings near a base used by US forces in the west of the country, following the arrest of a number of persons suspected of committing criminal acts using explosives.
British counter-terrorism is responsible for investigating the "serious" incident related to the suspected threat of explosives that led the police today to arrest some people and to advance some homes in the village of Whelford, in the county of Gl... (ANSA)
<p>In Britain, people have been evacuated due to an explosives emergency at a US airbase, there are detainees Several men have been arrested at RAF Fairford on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act. Residents were evacuated.</p>
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