These organisations in turn are subordinate to the 14th Air Force (14 AF) at Vandenberg AFB, California which reports to HQ Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), also at Peterson AFB, CO.[3] The 5 SPSS was part of the USAF's Passive Space Surveillance Network which tracked the physical location of emitting satellites in orbit.

Currently it hosts the Mathies Airman Leadership School for USAF personnel in the UK and airmen stationed at Stavanger Airbase It also is the home of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service's sole furniture store in the country.

[4] Prior to the 48th Fighter Wing taking responsibility for RAF Feltwell it was administered by Detachment 4 of the 18th Intelligence Squadron, which was a space control intelligence organization of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio and other worldwide geographically separated detachments.

F-15E Strike Eagles, based at Lakenheath, were allegedly scrambled in response to the drones as they impacted local flight operations.

[8] RAF Regiment personnel were later deployed to the bases with the ORCUS C-UAS system in response to a second sighting of unidentified drones in the night hours of 25 November.