Two more US aircraft arrive at RAF Fairford
Aircraft touch down in Gloucestershire after Trump given use of British bases for defensive operations in IranMiddle East crisis – live updatesTwo more US Air Force planes have landed at RAF Fairford, after the UK allowed the US to use its bases to take part in defensive operations in...
<p>Aircraft touch down in Gloucestershire after Trump given use of British bases for defensive operations in Iran</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-china-warns-world-cannot-return-to-law-of-the-jungle-trump-says-iran-being-decimated">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Two more US Air Force planes have landed at RAF Fairford, after the UK allowed the US to use its bases to take part in defensive operations in Iran.</p><p>Footage broadcast on Sunday showed two Boeing C-17 Globemaster transportation planes landing at the airbase in Gloucestershire, days after B-1 Lancer bombers arrived.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/08/two-more-us-aircraft-arrive-at-raf-fairford">Continue reading...</a>
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