One person dead as US F-18 jet crashes near RAF Lakenheath

One person has died after a US F-18 jet crashed near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, police have confirmed.

One person dead as US F-18 jet crashes near RAF Lakenheath

One person has died after a US F-18 jet crashed near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, police have confirmed.

Emergency services were called to the scene at around 10.30am following the incident, on farmland close to the military base near the Cambridgeshire/Suffolk border.

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