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Tankers Chased From U.K. Base by Security Threat
Second U.K. evacuation in two months.
The Air Force has evacuated a second U.K. base because of a sabotage threat from Iran. At least 12 KC-135 tankers and three Ospreys scattered to bases throughout Europe from RAF Mildenhall. A 13th KC-135 went to Prestwick, Scotland but that may have been a routine fuel stop on return flight to the U.S. Mildenhall is frequently used by the Air Force as a forward operating base and Air Force One usually refuels there on flights to Europe. The specific threat was not identified but last month 12 B-1 bombers were scrambled from RAF Fairford over the threat of a drone attack.
Meanwhile, the U.K. insists its bases are safe and declined to offer details on this latest incident. The Air Force didn’t add any information. “US military aircraft are hosted in accordance with access, basing, and overflight agreements with our allies and partners,” an Air Force spokesman said. “Due to operations security, we will not provide further information on movement of assets.”
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