U.S. B-1 bombers evacuated from UK base after attack threats from Iran — SkimNews
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- Pentagon confirmed the U.S. military evacuated a dozen B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford airbase in the UK over the weekend
- Iran was identified by a U.S. official as the source of the attack threat against the base; British security forces last week arrested several dual British-Iranian citizens
Why it matters: Preemptively pulling a dozen B-1 strategic bombers out of a NATO ally's base over a named attack threat is a rare posture, and the timing overlaps with active British counter-intelligence arrests of dual nationals on UK soil — two signals that security services were already tracking an elevated risk to the base.
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