Counter-terrorism police were investigating a foiled bomb plot at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on 2026-09-28, with authorities examining whether Iran was behind the incident. A female farmer returning from a party alerted police after spotting suspicious activity near the US-aligned airbase's perimeter.
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Police investigating whether Iran is linked to incident near Gloucestershire based used by US bombers
British female farmer who thwarted Iranian attack on UK/US airbase: "We assumed someone would be monitoring the roads around the base perimeter and taking regular patrols in the village. Clearly, this was not happening". www.dailymail.com/news/article... Driving home from a party in the early hours of yesterday morning, the local woman was shocked to find three large white vans blocking a road yar
Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Iran was behind a foiled bomb plot at RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday morning. A farmer returning late from a party alerted police after seeing three vans and a group of masked men around 400 metres from the Gloucestershire airbase. Five UK nationals were arrested on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offences, and 85 nearby homes wer