The United States withdraws its planes from another UK base over alleged threats from Iran

The United States has withdrawn several tanker aircraft from RAF Mildenhall air base, in Suffolk County, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) exclusively. The reason for the transfer, according to the newspaper, would be an alleged threat from the Iranian regime that the Pentagon has not detailed.

This is the second evacuation of military aircraft in British territory carried out by Washington, after at the beginning of October the US authorities gave the order to withdraw all their bombers from the Fairford base, days after the arrest of five suspects around the facilities, which triggered the alarm.

“United States Air Force aircraft typically rotate between different installations and operational locations for a variety of reasons, including both training needs and real-world demands,” the Pentagon said. “For operational security reasons, we will not provide additional information about the movement of our assets,” he added.

The British Ministry of Defense has noted that it never comments on operational decisions or moves made by an ally.

According to the WSJ, two carrier planes were transferred to German bases on Monday morning, and another group of similar aircraft took off throughout the same afternoon of that day to that and other countries with military bases used by the US military.

In Fairford, where the first withdrawal of assets occurred, the United States had a dozen B-1 bombers. The base, located in the county of Gloucestershire, has been used in recent months by American fighter jets to participate in the war offensive against Iran.

“I can confirm our previous analysis that it is highly probable that [the attempted attack] has been coordinated in Iran, and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said then in an appearance before the House of Commons. "We are not going to tolerate these threats on our territory. We are going to take strong measures against Iran's use of criminal networks, and we will use the fullness of our capabilities to go after them and their sources of financing," he said.