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U.S. moves tankers off a second British air base, RAF Mildenhall, after an Iranian threat
The U.S. military removed some aircraft from RAF Mildenhall in England on Monday after a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported, according to the New York Post; two refueling tankers headed there were diverted to Germany and others were moved off the base later in the day. Congress's "Gang of Eight" leaders were briefed on Iran's threats Monday, the Journal reported. In early October the U.S. pulled 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford after an alleged Iranian drone plot and a foiled van-bomb plot near that base.
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- New York PostUS pulls aircraft from second British base over threat from Iran: report