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The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, according to a person familiar, days after the British government arrested a number of individuals in connection with an alleged Iranian plot to target the UK airbase where the planes had been stationed.
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“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 US official told CNN. The statement did not include details on why the planes were moved.
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The source familiar called the latest threat a “real world incident.”
The Royal Air Force base at Fairford has been used to deploy US B-1 bombers involved in the war against Iran and is a forward operating location for US Global Strike Command, which is tasked with managing long-distance strikes.
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This story is breaking and will be updated with additional details.