US aircraft evacuated from second British base due to Iran threat: report
The US military has relocated refueling tankers from RAF Mildenhall in Britain to Germany due to an unspecified security threat linked to Iran. This follows a similar security incident at RAF Fairford, with the base currently under heightened security protocols.
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The movement of military assets in response to specific threats highlights ongoing geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran in European theaters.
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Share A A A The US military has evacuated aircraft from a second airbase in Britain after a threat from Iran, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources, weeks after Washington withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford airbase over a suspected Iran-linked security incident.
Two US refuelling tankers that were using the RAF Mildenhall military base diverted to Germany earlier on Monday (Washington time), while several other tankers at the base were moved to Germany and other locations later in the day, the Journal ’s report said.
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