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Fourteen peace campaigners were arrested during a 6 hour blockade of the main gates at RAF Lakenheath on Monday 6th April. RAF Lakenheath is used exclusively by the United State Air Force and is sending fighter jets to the Iran war. 

The Peace protestors used heavy-duty locks to attach themselves to a car, a large multi-coloured peace symbol and each other, completely blocking the main gates of RAF Lakenheath from 6am. A second gate into RAF Lakenheath was also shut down by peace campaigners for 4 hours this morning from 6am to 10am.

This non-violent direct action follows a week-long International Peace Camp at the base that ended yesterday, Monday 6th April. The airbase is owned by the RAF but used exclusively by the US Air Force and is sending fighter jets to the war in Iran. RAF bases Lakenheath and nearby Mildenhall have also supported Israel’s genocide in Gaza and nuclear bombs returned to Lakenheath last summer. Marie Walsh, a retired teacher from Didcot said: “We are here to interrupt business as usual, and to say in the name of humanity ‘STOP’”.

One of the lock-on protesters, Rajan Naidu from Birmingham said: “Through being on British sovereign territory this base is used by the US to pursue an illegal war of aggression, raining death and misery on the people of Iran. The base is also being used to aid and abet Israeli war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian people. Britain, by allowing these crimes against humanity is complicit in them, and therefore culpable for them”.

Well over 100 fighter jets and bombers have been deployed from RAF Lakenheath for the attack on Iran. RAF Mildenhall has also been actively involved in the illegal war of aggression by providing refuelling for bombers deploying to the Middle East.

On Friday 16th February 2026 three Israeli F-35I were observed arriving at RAF Mildenhall and then departing for Israel on the18th February as filmed and published on Military Aviation YouTube Channel. The Israeli media reported the delivery of the new aircraft on 20th January. The Israeli F-35I has been used in attacks against Gaza, Yemen and Iran. 

LAP believes US nuclear B61-12 bombs have already arrived at RAF Lakenheath. 

Evidence of US B61-12 nuclear bombs coming to Lakenheath is provided by Nukewatch UK. Nukewatch is a network of volunteers that monitors and tracks movements of weapons of mass destruction in order to break the secrecy and inform the public about nuclear weapons in the UK. The inside story of how America sent nuclear weapons to Britain

Background:
The Alliance is made up of 65 organisations opposed to the stationing and operation of nuclear weapons in Suffolk or anywhere else, and supporting peace-making approaches to security. All LAP actions are non-violent.

For details of RAF Lakenheath’s war crimes and involvement in illegal wars in Iran and Gaza see: Letter To Base Commanders 30 March 2026 – Lakenheath Alliance For Peace