air base
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Launching an explosive drone at a U.K. air base could be technically difficult given counterdrone technology, said Robert Tollast, a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, a U.K. military think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
British investigators are probing whether Iran or an Islamist group was behind a foiled attack on the RAF Fairford air base in western England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Counter-terror police are leading the investigation after authorities were tipped off just after midnight on Sunday about three "suspicious" white vans appearing to head towards the air base in Gloucestershire, southwest England.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
"I mean, with everything that's been going on, with the activity around the air base, something like that is bound to happen," said 21-year-old Victor Compton.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
General William Westmoreland, the commanding general of US forces in Vietnam, pointed out that the American air base in Da Nang, near the border between North and South Vietnam, was now vulnerable to attack.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
