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US charges three men allegedly linked to RAF Fairford incident
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RAF Fairford: 5 developments since Tue 10 Nov.Why it’s moving
- ScoopBBC News had it 2 hr before anyone else.
1File photo: RAF Fairford
The US Department of Justice says the men were involved in a string of plots, including a major incident near the UK airbase that is used by US armed forces.
Sky News didn’t include a summary, so this is BBC News’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: RAF Fairford
Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Since 2019, the base has played host to a Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady detachment from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron. It is the USAF's only European airfield for heavy bombers and routinely supports Bomber Task Force operations.4
The bigger story: RAF Fairford
5 developments since Tue 10 Nov.
- US aircraft pulled from second UK RAF base, sources say
1 newsroom. Linked by RAF, aircraft, pull, second, base
- No 10 insists British air bases safe after US aircraft moved from RAF Mildenhall
1 newsroom. Linked by RAF Mildenhall, base, aircraft
- Iran-backed terror suspects charged with 'plotting bomb attack on RAF base while behind bars'
1 newsroom. Linked by RAF, base
US charges three men allegedly linked to RAF Fairford incident
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First with it: BBC News, 1 hr 44 min before anyone else.
Reported by 3 newsrooms.
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Where the coverage is from
How it spread
Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.
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- Over
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- 4 hr
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 12:01pm AEDT | BBC News | 1 |
| 1:45pm AEDT | Sky News | 2 |
| 4:01pm AEDT | Al Jazeera | 3 |
Bigger than 94% of News stories this week. Reached three newsrooms in 4 hr; a typical News story that gets there takes 7.6 hr.
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3 reports from 3 newsrooms, first to latest. Each links to the original.
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Photo: Steve Lynes from Sandshurst, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (licence)
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Sky News: US charges three men allegedly linked to RAF Fairford incident
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BBC News: Three Iran-backed suspects plotted attacks including RAF Fairford incident, US says
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Background: “RAF Fairford”, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
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