B-1 Bombers Removed From UK Base After Suspected Iranian Terrorist Plot Reported
By Melanie Sun
The Pentagon pulled all of its B-1 bombers from a UK base after a suspected Iranian terrorist plot was reported by the British government earlier in the week.
The supersonic, long-range heavy bombers belonging to the U.S. Air Force were stationed at RAF Fairford air base northwest of London.
“While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time, we can acknowledge now that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States,” a Pentagon spokesman wrote in an email.
The planes had previously been used for U.S. strikes on Iran. Former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer allowed the United States to use British bases to launch defensive strikes against Iranian missile sites on March 1.
Reuters contributed to this report.
