Make New York Post a Preferred Source The US has pulled out all its B-1 bombers from a UK air base targeted last week in a foiled terror plot that Iran was believed to be behind, American officials said.
The Department of War yanked a dozen B-1s from Royal Air Force Fairford base, which the US had been using to quickly launch strikes on Iran from, over security concerns following the thwarted attack last Sunday.
A Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber takes off from runway 27 to depart for home at RAF Fairford on October 04, 2026 in Fairford, United Kingdom. Getty Images Concrete blocks being maneuvered into place by the RAF Fairford main gate entrance on October 1, 2026 in Fairford, England. Getty Images “[W]e can acknowledge now that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have redeployed to their home stations in the United States,” the Pentagon said in a statement, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The alleged terrorist plan was stopped before it could be carried out after authorities arrested six suspects, who appeared to have been plotting a van bomb attack against the airfield.
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