RAF Fairford

(asked on 26th March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether missions launching from RAF Fairford are strictly for the purposes of defence.


Answered by
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Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
This question was answered on 17th April 2026

The UK government has been clear throughout that the agreement allowing the US to use UK military bases is for specific and limited, defensive purposes.

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