By Matt Kennard
Declassified UK

1-in-6 active-duty U.S. airmen overseas are deployed in Britain

U.S. Air Force has more active-duty military personnel in Britain than 40 U.S. states

In December U.S. began basing next-generation F-35 fighter jets in Suffolk, the first in Europe

U.S. military has 100 personnel based in London, including 52 in the American embassy

It also has 135 others at multiple undisclosed locations across the U.K.

CND tells Declassified: "Britain's status as the U.S.'s unsinkable aircraft carrier has to end"

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has 9,730 personnel permanently deployed throughout Britain, an increase of 22 percent from six years ago. 

Analysis by Declassified has found that Britain hosts the third-highest level of USAF personnel of any country in the world, ahead of historic U.S. military outposts like South Korea and Italy.

These American airmen have in recent years flown bombing missions to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya from their bases in Britain.