US military aircraft leave second UK base, report says

Several US military aircraft have left a second airbase in Britain on Monday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). This comes weeks after the US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford airbase over a suspected Iran-linked security incident. An MoD spokesperson told the BBC: "We do not routinely comment on the activity of other nations.

Aircraft and other assets move regularly ​according to operational ​requirements." Lord Ricketts, former UK National Security Adviser, speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, said: "We are talking about an airbase which houses these large tanker aircraft. Of course, they are large targets, an airbase has a long perimeter, so they are inevitably vulnerable. Copyright © 2026 BBC.

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