Iran war: US moves military aircraft from a second British air base

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The U.S. military aircraft were removed Monday from the RAF Mildenhall air base in eastern England amid vague reports of an Iranian threat. In early ...

The U.S. military aircraft were removed Monday from the RAF Mildenhall air base in eastern England amid vague reports of an Iranian threat. In early October, the arrest of five men outside the RAF Fairford air base spurred the relocation of U.S. bombers.

The United States has evacuated more military aircraft key to its war against Iran from a second British air base.

Amid reports that cited threats from Iran, two U.S. refueling tankers and other aircraft were quietly flown Monday from RAF Mildenhall in eastern England to bases in Germany, Scotland, and Spain.

The relocation follows the abrupt departure of a dozen or so U.S. Air Force bombers in early October, sent home to their U.S. bases from RAF Fairford in southwestern England. The bombers were redeployed just days after police arrested five masked men who were caught with three white vans 250 yards from the airbase’s fence.

Following sparse reports of a new threat from Iran, the U.S. Air Force redeployed aircraft away from a second U.K. air base, this time in eastern England. Iran has threatened to retaliate beyond the Middle East in the event of renewed fighting.

Few details have been released about the new threat to aircraft at RAF Mildenhall other than that it was related to Iran. Both U.S. and U.K. officials said of the earlier withdrawal of bombers that Iran had “played a part” in a suspected plot to target U.S. planes or pilots with explosives or drones.

Two men were charged on Oct. 27 under the U.K. National Security Act, with one accused of assisting a “foreign intelligence service” and working with a handler – named as Mr. Ali, who is believed to have left the country – on behalf of Iran.

Iranian officials deny any involvement. But since the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28, Iran’s dominant Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued multiple threats against any country that hosts or helps the U.S. military conduct its strikes. In the first weeks of the war, U.S.

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