US evacuates 13 military aircraft from second UK base as new Iran threat raises alarm
IRAN UNDER SCRUTINY AFTER PLOT FOILED NEAR UK BASE USED BY US MILITARY The move marks the second major relocation of U.S.
Key points
- officials assessed the threat's nature and urgency, commanders raised the base's security level to Force Protection Condition Charlie, the military's second-highest alert level, indicating a likely terrorist threat against personnel or facilities.
- The Wall Street Journal first reported the move, citing sources who said the threat originated in Iran.
- In early October, the Air Force pulled heavy bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after British counterterrorism police stopped three suspicious vans headed toward the base Sept.
IRAN HAS 'SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED' EFFORTS TO TARGET AMERICANS ABROAD, US INTELLIGENCE MEMO WARNS Flight-tracking data and open-source analysts with the Military Air Tracking Alliance identified 13 U.S.
Air Force abruptly relocated more than a dozen aircraft from RAF Mildenhall in eastern England amid an emerging security threat, U.S.
Additional details
- official told The Associated Press the moves were precautionary, noting that some aircraft were on rotational deployments while others were permanently stationed in the United Kingdom.
- UK POLICE ARREST 'EXPLOSIVE' SUSPECTS NEAR US AIRBASE, KEY TO IRAN WAR RAF Mildenhall is home to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, the only permanently based U.S.
- aircraft leaving the base late Monday, the Associated Press said.
- military aircraft from Britain in less than two months.
- Separately, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against three Iranian-backed operatives on Tuesday accused of involvement in coordinated terrorist plots across Europe, including RAF Fairford.
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