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RAF Fairford

(13 Posts)
Isla71 Mon 05-Oct-26 08:16:23

Anyone else sad at losing this association with the US. This is what radical islam wants. Next attack, the food chain supplying UK.

silverlining48 Mon 05-Oct-26 08:19:36

I am not sad and expect the people around Fairford are relieved.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 05-Oct-26 08:20:45

It is only the heavy bombers. They were not here before the Iranian war. Everything else remains. The USA would not give up such a foothold easily.

I’m glad to see the back of them, it means that they can’t kill children having taken off from the U.K.

Smileless2012 Mon 05-Oct-26 08:22:46

I'm pleased. They should never have been here in the first place.

watermeadow Mon 05-Oct-26 08:25:30

Good riddance, their presence here made us a target I want no more American influence here, we are already swamped with their language and corporations.
What else? Oh yes, their barbaric law system which allows guns for all and the botched killing of a woman after 30 years imprisonment.
The land of capitalism and the home of junk food.

Oreo Mon 05-Oct-26 08:28:27

As Whitewavemark2 says, the US connection to Fairford is still there, and the bombers will be back whenever they need to be.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 05-Oct-26 08:30:33

The current POTUS will not be in power forever, we need to keep all doors open for when sanity is restored in the White House.

madeleine45 Mon 05-Oct-26 08:33:51

Glad to see the back of them. The less Trump is allowed to put his mad ideas into practise using british soil the better.!

J52 Mon 05-Oct-26 08:34:22

Thank goodness, it must have been such a worry for the people of Fairford to be a target.

AGAA4 Mon 05-Oct-26 08:46:33

It was the right thing to do as the US and UK know there is an ongoing threat to Fairford if the bombers had remained there.

Fallingstar Mon 05-Oct-26 09:04:30

Glad the US bombers have gone, as has been said the US isn’t pulling out of Fairford at all, but the risk of a threat to the people living there has now decreased.
The OP needs to fact check before putting such an inflammatory post out there.

Ilovecheese Mon 05-Oct-26 10:43:45

Glad they have gone.
Very unpleasant and incorrect opening post.

JenniRen Mon 05-Oct-26 10:53:26

Such a relief to hear this news.