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Politics
Harry Stedman

Calls for ‘urgent’ probe into possible Russian link to drones at army bases

Drones were spotted flying near RAF Lakenheath in November (Emma Sword/PA) - (PA Archive)

A former security minister has called for an “urgent investigation” into reports of Russian links to drone activity over US air bases in England.

A number of unidentified drones were spotted on multiple occasions over three airbases – RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, and RAF Feltwell, in Norfolk – last November, the United States Air Force (USAF) said.

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