US withdraws all bomber planes from UK airbase: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon confirmed reports Sunday that the United States has withdrawn all B-1 bomber planes from Royal Air Force Fairford, the UK airbase where a suspicious incident triggered nearby evacuations.
The United States has withdrawn all B-1 bomber planes from the Royal Air Force Fairford airbase in the UK, following a suspicious incident that led to nearby evacuations, the Pentagon confirmed. A Pentagon official stated that all US bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have been redeployed to their home stations in the United States.
The base in southwest England was used to launch strikes on Iran, but investigators found no explosives in the vans but recovered a quantity of petrol. Five Britons, all men in their mid-20s, were arrested and later released on bail. US President Donald Trump rebuked the local authorities for releasing the suspects. Iran's embassy in London categorically rejected and strongly condemned the speculation that Tehran was involved.
Britain had granted the US permission in March to use Fairford for specific defensive operations into Iran.
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