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Inside the Suffolk village next to a US airbase with nuclear weapons.

Lakenheath locals are used to life alongside 7,000 American military
personnel – but worry about the future. For a village in the crosshairs of
a terrorist threat arising from Donald Trump’s war with Iran, Lakenheath’s
inhabitants were surprisingly unperturbed this week. This west Suffolk
community sits cheek by jowl with RAF Lakenheath, the airbase home to some
7,000 American military personnel and state-of-the-art weaponry including
F-35 fighter jets.

It is also widely thought to host tactical nuclear
weapons. So when the Pentagon this weekend evacuated more than a dozen
aircraft, including air-to-air refuelling tankers, from the nearby RAF
Mildenhall base – a 10-minute drive away – and increased the security
status of both installations to its second highest level, residents may
have been forgiven for feeling a sense of alarm.

iNews 13th Nov 2026,
https://inews.co.uk/news/inside-suffolk-village-raf-lakenheath-4886319

November 15, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war