
Several men arrested for breaches of the Explosives Act near RAF Fairford base.
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In March, US forces moved long-range bombers to the RAF base in Fairford.
Several people are said to have violated the explosives law near the military base. Numerous emergency services are investigating the incident on site. The situation is said to be under control.
London. Several men have been arrested following an incident near RAF Fairford, a British military base used by the US Air Force. As the PA news agency announced, the men are suspected of violating the Explosives Act. Residents near the air base in Gloucestershire were forced to leave their homes.
According to the information, numerous emergency services were on site, including experts in explosive ordnance disposal from the armed forces. They examined several vehicles, it said. According to the police, the incident was under control by mid-morning. Details were not initially known.
It was only in March that the US armed forces moved long-range bombers to the RAF base in Fairford. The Ministry of Defense in London had confirmed that the USA was using British bases for “specific defense operations” in the Iran war. US use was hotly debated at the start of the war.

At Fairford Air Force Base in southwest England, police have raised a major alarm following arrests over explosives offences. Residents had to leave their houses and explosive ordnance disposal experts are on duty.
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