US aircraft evacuated from second UK base due to Iran threat, WSJ reports
The US military evacuated aircraft from a second airbase in Britain on Monday after a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter, weeks after the US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford airbase over a suspected Iran-linked security incident. Two US refueling tankers that were using the RAF Mildenhall military base diverted to Germany earlier on Monday, while several other tankers at the base were moved to Germany and other locations later in the day, the WSJ report said. According to the Journal, the precise nature of the threat to RAF Mildenhall remains under discussion among US officials. “We do not routinely comment on the activity of other nations. Aircraft and other assets move regularly according to operational requirements,” a British ministry of defense spokesperson said. The Pentagon and the US European Command did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment sent outside regular business hours. Five men were arrested outside RAF Fairford airbase in southwest England in September over a security incident with two o
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