UK police arrest several under explosives act in 'major incident' near US air base

[mountaineer]

UK police arrest several under explosives act in 'major incident' near US air base
The village of Whelford is located around 2 miles from RAF Fairford.
BBC
By David Brennan
September 27, 2026, 7:23 AM

LONDON -- British police announced on Sunday morning that several people were arrested "on suspicion of offenses under the explosives act" close to a major air base hosting U.S. forces in the southwest of England.

"A number of properties are currently being evacuated in the Whelford area following the declaration of a major incident," Gloucestershire Police said in a statement. "It follows the arrest of several men on suspicion of offenses under the explosives act."

The village of Whelford is located around 2 miles from RAF Fairford, which hosts the U.S. Air Force and has since February been serving as a key hub for American operations against Iran -- including for heavy bombers like the B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress. ...
https://abcnews.com/International/uk-police-arrest-explosives-act-major-incident-us/story?id=136793301

[mountaineer]

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
BREAKING

First image of the suspected terror cell arrested near RAF Fairford from where U.S. strategic bombers B-52 & B-1B hit Iran
The men arrested under the Explosives Act had their clothes taken off to see whether they wore suicide vests

6:58 AM · Sep 27, 2026

[mountaineer]

FOX:

https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2104161202217554350

[BobfromWB]

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
BREAKING

First image of the suspected terror cell arrested near RAF Fairford from where U.S. strategic bombers B-52 & B-1B hit Iran
The men arrested under the Explosives Act had their clothes taken off to see whether they wore suicide vests

6:58 AM · Sep 27, 2026

Isn't there a well known group that favors wearing suicide vests?

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/2104172474363482496

[Wingnut]

Time to move our bases out of the UK.  Move to Poland.  Poland doesnt have a muzzie infestation.

[BobfromWB]

https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/2104172474363482496

Politicians only respond to what their constituents want. The US public has got to wake up first, but they will not because its not permitted in the US media to talk about Islam in general, only about radical muslims, if that is still allowed. Most people absolutely believe Islam is just Christianity with different names, and will staunchly resist any attempt to the contrary.

[mountaineer]

Nosy neighbor may have foiled possible Iran-linked UK base terror plot: 'Saved a lot of lives'
Story at NY Post

[rangerrebew]

https://barenakedislam.com/2026/09/26/bbc-under-fire-for-not-reporting-that-the-53-palestinian-journalists-they-claimed-were-killed-by-israel-were-actually-linked-to-hamas-and-other-terrorist-groups/

[Wingnut]

Nosy neighbor may have foiled possible Iran-linked UK base terror plot: 'Saved a lot of lives'
Story at NY Post

“She saw that these guys hanging around the two vans and said they were acting suspiciously and did not appear to be locals,

How long before the dox her and label her a rasict!

[mountaineer]

How long before the dox her and label her a rasict!

I suspect the British government already has sent the police to her door. An arrest is imminent.

[Fishrrman]

Here's a better pic.
Do these guys look like native Brits...?

[mountaineer]

GB Politics
@GBPolitcs
🚨BREAKING: The farmer who called 999 over the suspects near RAF Fairford says she is "100% certain" she saw around 8-10 men, not just 5, stating that she is "surprised" the police haven't contacted her to ask what she saw
8:36 AM · Sep 28, 2026

[mystery-ak]

Here's What We Know About the Foiled Attack on a US-Operated Air Base So Far
Joe Chalfant
Follow @JoeChalfant
September 27, 2026 5:30 PM

New information has come to light in the investigation into five men who were arrested outside of RAF Fairford in three vans presumed to contain explosives.

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2104288480561963076

Sources have claimed that the thwarted attack on the U.S.-operated air base was most likely linked to an Iranian-backed plot, but have also suggested that there could be Russian involvement or links to Islamic terror groups.

more
https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/09/27/heres-what-we-know-about-the-foiled-attack-on-a-us-operated-air-base-so-far-n2683670

[Timber Rattler]

Update:  The Brits let them out of jail on bail...   

5 British men arrested near U.K. air base used by U.S. forces released on bail, police say

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/england-raf-fairford-us-military-air-force-bomb-disposal/

British counterterrorism police said Monday that five men who were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act in an English village near a Royal Air Force base used by U.S. forces had been released on bail.

"Following extensive interviews and enquiries, the five men who were arrested are being released on police bail this afternoon. To be very clear, this does not mean the investigation is over," Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, head of the London Metropolitan Police's Counter Terror unit, told reporters Monday afternoon. "To be very clear, this does not mean the investigation is over. They are subject to stringent conditions on their movement and contact with others. They absolutely remain under investigation as we explore multiple lines of enquiry."

He said investigators were considering all possible angles, including that the incident "may be activity committed by proxies, or individuals either knowingly or unknowingly, working on behalf of a foreign state."

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British cops and judges have to be some of the stupidest people in the world...

[mountaineer]

Just stunning. Repulsive and stunning.

Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
🚨 BREAKING: The five men arrested near RAF Fairford are being released on bail but remain under investigation
10:43 AM · Sep 28, 2026

Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
Counter Terror Police chief said: "I can confirm that following extensive interviews and enquiries, the five men who were arrested are being released on police bail this afternoon.
"To be very clear, this does not mean that the investigation is over. They are subject to stringent conditions on their movement and contact with others. They absolutely remain under investigation as we explore multiple lines of enquiry"
10:45 AM · Sep 28, 2026

Liron Kopinsky 🇮🇱 Am Yisrael Chai
@ldkop
Who paid their bail?
11:52 AM · Sep 28, 2026

Good question, Liron.

[rustynail]

The Brits deserve what they will get?

[mystery-ak]

Unbelievable!

https://twitter.com/ThePatriotOasis/status/2104587218492756300

[Fishrrman]

Next thing you know...
... they'll disappear...

[mountaineer]

Megan Basham
@megbasham
UK officials have not released the identities of the terrorist suspects in England, but the farmer who first spotted them describes them as Muslim.  I’ve got the latest on the terror plot that was possibly targeting the Royal Air Force Base that is also used by US military.
10:15 AM · Sep 28, 2026

https://twitter.com/MorningWire/status/2104488785366925768

[Smokin Joe]

Update:  The Brits let them out of jail on bail...   

5 British men arrested near U.K. air base used by U.S. forces released on bail, police say

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/england-raf-fairford-us-military-air-force-bomb-disposal/

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British cops and judges have to be some of the stupidest people in the world...

Let the buggerers don suicide vests and the police can look for them all over...

[mountaineer]

Yet released without charges ... 

Alex Wickham
@alexwickham
New: Andy Burnham confirms the UK government believes the Iranian state was involved in the Fairford airbase incident

Asked by the @ChrisMasonBBC  whether a foreign actor was involved, Burnham says: “We believe so. There are strong indications that Iran played a part in what happened over the weekend at RAF Fairford, but of course it remains an ongoing, complex and serious police investigation.”

“Of course, we are working closely with our colleagues in the United States of America,” he added. “We can confirm our belief that we believe Iran to have played a part.”

Bloomberg and others reported on Tuesday that investigators considered a plot involving Iranian proxies as the most likely explanation for the incident.

Burnham was also asked why the men were bailed given the apparent severity of the incident. The PM indicated they had not been released under bail typical conditions.

“I think people need to understand that, you know, when it says ‘released,’ that isn’t as people might think. It’s obviously with the strictest possible bail conditions.”

Pressed on whether they had been released, Burnham said: “The authorities have this under, as I say, the strongest grip and the closest control, and I can assure you of that.”

He added that UK officials had spoken to US counterparts to explain the circumstances of their release. “I have complete confidence in the way British security services are handling this.”
12:00 PM · Sep 30, 2026

[Fishrrman]

The brits have moved from beyond stupid... to suicidal.

[mystery-ak]

Iranian Citizen Arrested in Relation to Alleged Terror Plot at RAF Fairford U.S. Air Base

Oliver JJ Lane 1 Oct 2026

A dual Iranian-British citizen has been arrested by counter-terrorism police in Britain in the wake of an allegedly foiled plot to attack a U.S. airbase on British soil last weekend.

A 27-year-old man, identified only as a dual Iranian-British national, has been arrested in Westminster, London, on suspicion of the preparation of terrorist acts, an offence under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act of 2006.

The man is the sixth arrest following a bomb alert at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police quickly released those five men on bail, prompting public confusion about a case where little is certain and apparently contradictory developments have characterised what little information has been made available to the public so far.

In addition to this latest arrest, police said they have searched two properties in Westminster and have questioned an additional man, a 26-year-old British citizen, under caution.

A spokesman for counter terrorism policing said the investigation was proving to be “hugely complex” and was being pursued by specialist teams considering “all possible angles including foreign state involvement”.

Today’s arrest of a dual Iranian-British national follows remarks overnight by UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who expressed there is a “strong indication” that whatever happened at RAF Fairford involved the Iranian government.

more
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/10/01/iranian-citizen-arrested-in-relation-to-alleged-terror-plot-at-raf-fairford-u-s-air-base/

[mountaineer]

The dual UK-Iranian national arrested over the RAF Fairford “bomb plot” has already been bailed.

Daily Mail:

A dual UK-Iranian national arrested by counter-terrorism police over the alleged 'plot' at RAF Fairford has been released on bail.

The 25-year-old man - who cops initially said was 27 - was arrested in Westminster, London, on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

The man was detained on Thursday while a second man, aged 26, was also questioned under caution. ...

Five men aged 23 to 25, who were arrested close to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Sunday on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences, remain on police bail.  ...

[catfish1957]

Time to move our bases out of the UK.  Move to Poland.  Poland doesnt have a muzzie infestation.

And hand the Falkland Islands  to Argentina on a silver platter.

[Fishrrman]

catfish tries to hook us with:
"And hand the Falkland Islands  to Argentina on a silver platter."

Hmmm...
Maybe the Falklanders would be better off under Argentinian rule (is not Argentina at least a modestly-Christian country?) than they would be under a soon-to-be-muslim ruled britanistan...

[mountaineer]

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
🚨 WHEN YOUR ALLY LETS EVERY SUSPECT WALK, YOU BRING YOUR BOMBERS HOME.
The U.S. just pulled every B-1 out of RAF Fairford after Britain released all six men arrested over the suspected plot on the base, including a dual UK-Iranian national.  The British government itself says there are strong signs Iran was behind it, and they still handed out bail.
Trump said he never would have let them go, and he's right. American troops and American aircraft don't stay where the host country won't take a threat seriously.
5:00 PM · Oct 4, 2026

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2106846744570933265

[Smokin Joe]

If the release was not done to follow them back to their nests/contacts and then round up the lot of them, it should have been into the tender custody of information extraction personnel at some black site.

[DCPatriot]

If the release was not done to follow them back to their nests/contacts and then round up the lot of them, it should have been into the tender custody of information extraction personnel at some black site.

In a Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum novel, that's EXACTLY what would be executed. 

Heck, even Taylor Sheridan would write the script/plot thus!   

[Wingnut]

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
🚨 WHEN YOUR ALLY LETS EVERY SUSPECT WALK, YOU BRING YOUR BOMBERS HOME.
The U.S. just pulled every B-1 out of RAF Fairford after Britain released all six men arrested over the suspected plot on the base, including a dual UK-Iranian national.  The British government itself says there are strong signs Iran was behind it, and they still handed out bail.
Trump said he never would have let them go, and he's right. American troops and American aircraft don't stay where the host country won't take a threat seriously.
5:00 PM · Oct 4, 2026

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2106846744570933265

Big time message to the UK.  You suck.  Get your shit together or we will be gone gone.

[Smokin Joe]

Big time message to the UK.  You suck.  Get your shit together or we will be gone gone.

Did they ever get a vessel going to go to the Middle East and participate in the blockade? From "The sun never sets on...." to this?

Just as well, there will be that many fewer flying a crescent to sink.

[Wingnut]

Did they ever get a vessel going to go to the Middle East and participate in the blockade? From "The sun never sets on...." to this?

Just as well, there will be that many fewer flying a crescent to sink.

Why protect a county that has no desire to stop millions of invaders in and take over.

[BobfromWB]

Why protect a county that has no desire to stop millions of invaders in and take over.

The current PM has his eye on letting in 500,000,000 

[Timber Rattler]

Update:  It was a planned drone attack, similar to what the Ukrainians did to the Russian Air Force back in the spring.

Details Drip, Drip, Drip Out About Fairford Incident: Intended Drone Attack


https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/10/06/details-drip-drip-drip-out-about-fairford-incident-n3819653

ran, it seems, was plotting an Operation Spiderweb-type attack on US bombers and personnel at the RAF Fairford base.

You may recall that operation, where Ukraine smuggled drones into Russia and released them next to an airbase, disabling or destroying Russian strategic bombers thousands of miles from the Ukrainian border. It was a tactical masterstroke, and Iran planned a strikingly similar attack on British soil.

http://twitter.com/saintjavelin/status/2061758123208028339/video/1

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[mountaineer]

Ben Habib
@benhabib6
The allegation is extraordinary.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reportedly recruited British nationals for a Ukrainian-style drone attack on RAF Fairford, potentially backed by car bombs, with the aim of destroying American bombers and killing US personnel.
In Gloucestershire.

Don’t worry, though. They’ve all been arrested...
...and bailed.
10:56 AM · Oct 6, 2026


Story at The Telegraph - Iran ‘plotted Spider Web-style drone attack on RAF Fairford’

[rangerrebew]

UK Makes 7th Arrest Over Security Incident Near RAF Fairford Airbase
 
by Tyler Durden
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2026 - 06:30 AM
Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times,

Authorities in the United Kingdom have announced the arrest of another suspect in connection with a recent security incident near the RAF Fairford airbase used by U.S. forces.



On Oct. 6, the UK's Office for Counter Terrorism Policing announced the arrest of a 22-year-old male British national in the Westminster borough of London. Authorities detained the man on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

The 22-year-old is the seventh to be arrested after authorities were alerted to suspicious activity near the airbase in Gloucestershire on Sept. 27.

U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham have both publicly indicated the Sept. 27 incident may be linked to an Iranian plot.

Authorities initially arrested five British nationals on Sept. 27, on suspicion of committing offenses under the UK's Explosives Act. These five men were subsequently released on police bail.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-makes-7th-arrest-over-security-incident-near-raf-fairford-airbase