Normally closed for Thanksgiving, U.S. bases in the UK have continued to monitor possible drone intrusions, while RAF Menwith Hill and RAF Fylingdales

The U.S. Air Force announced several unmanned aerial systems were detected over three bases it has used in the United Kingdom last week. The drones, which ranged in sizes and configurations, were spotted last week between Wednesday and Friday “in the vicinity of and over” Royal Air Force Lakenheath,

On Friday, The War Zone broke the news about a multi-drone incursion of the U.S. Air Force’s master fighter base in the United Kingdon, RAF Lakenheath. Since then, we have received information that the incursions were more widespread,

Small, unmanned craft were seen flying over four bases in England, the U.S. Air Force in Europe said. The Pentagon said that there had not been “any significant mission impact.”

These latest drone sightings come after it was reported in The Wall Street Journal that mysterious drones swarmed the area around Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, in December 2023 for 17 days.

Unidentified drones have been spotted flying over three bases used by the United States Air Force in Britain, the two countries have confirmed.

In a village close to a military site, residents report aerial vehicles hovering above their houses.

Sixty RAF personnel have been deployed to assist the US Air Force (USAF) in its investigation. It has also emerged a fourth US airbase has been targeted. "Protection of our personnel and bases is of course our highest priority,