No personnel, aircraft or infrastructure affected, US Air Force says
The US Air Force said it responded to “suspected unauthorised drone activity” over RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk on the evening of 13 November 2026, in a statement reported by BBC News.
A spokesperson for the US Air Force said no personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected.
The report followed unconfirmed accounts of sirens sounding at the base. Residents said they heard the sirens from a nearby village, but those accounts had not been independently confirmed.
RAF Lakenheath is a US Air Force base in Suffolk, in eastern England. The Ministry of Defence has been contacted for comment.
The reported drone activity came after at least 12 US Air Force aircraft departed the nearby RAF Mildenhall base earlier that week.
The BBC described its report as a breaking news story that was still being updated.