Military● Elevated31m ago · Nov 13, 2026, 9:29 PM
US aircraft intercept "drones" over British Lakenheath base
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Asharq Al-Awsat [ar] · Saudi Arabia · Western Europe
American pilots at the Royal Air Force's Lakenheath base on Friday evening intercepted "unauthorized activity suspected to be drones."
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