The US is likely to use RAF Fairford as one of its bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites, the BBC ...

Defence Secretary was meeting government leaders in Cyprus as sirens sounded at the RAF Akrotiri base on the island just five days after an Iranian drone landed just short of the runway ...

The incidents came after Prime Minister Keir Starmer signalled on Sunday that the UK was prepared to support the United ...

RAF Akrotiri, with its massive runway, is a prime component of the U.K.'s complex of bases in Cyprus, including Episkopi Garrison in the west and Dhekelia Garrison in the east. Its breadth measures ...

A British soldier stands guards at the main gate of the UK's RAF Akrotiri base after it was hit by a suspected drone strike ...

A BILL demanding parliamentary approval for the foreign use of UK military bases or the deployment of UK armed forces has ...

Operation Kipion has effectively been suspended as the Royal Navy has withdrawn its two vessels from the Gulf. The frigate HMS Lancaster was decommissioned in December 2025, and the minesweeper HMS ...

In a recorded message, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said a Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle crashed within the British Sovereign Base Area late Sunday, causing “minimal damage” and no reporte ...

The British military is “working as fast as possible” in its efforts to ready the HMS Dragon Type 45 destroyer warship for ...

A suspected drone strike has hit an RAF base in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence said. There were no casualties the strike which targeted RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. A Ministry of Defence (MoD) ...

The number of drone incidents near military bases in the UK has doubled in the last year, figures obtained by the BBC show. There were 266 recorded events involving drones in 2025, a rise from the 126 ...