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Downing Street insists RAF Fairford is safe after US military withdraws bombers following security threats
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Downing Street has maintained that RAF Fairford is safe after the United States military withdrew all of its bombers from the Gloucestershire base back to America. The operational decision followed US media reports regarding a new threat related to an alleged Iran-backed plot, succeeding a counter-terrorism investigation into suspicious vehicles near the base that led to multiple arrests.
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- The Pentagon confirmed the removal of its bombers from RAF Fairford back to home stations in the US.
- Downing Street insisted the base is safe, though it declined to comment directly on foreign military operations.
- US officials indicated the withdrawal followed new threat warnings regarding an alleged Iran-backed plot against the airbase.
- Counter-terrorism police are investigating an earlier incident near the base involving suspicious vehicles, which resulted in several arrests.
- Tehran has strongly denied any involvement in the incident.