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U.S. B-1 bombers evacuated from UK base because of threat of Iranian drone attack
The U.S. military evacuated a dozen B-1 bombers from the RAF Fairford airbase in the UK over the weekend, the Pentagon said. President Trump said in Monday the threat came from Iran. Why it matters: A U.S. official said the base was under threat of attack by Iran.
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All three outlets focus on the rapid removal of U.S. bombers from RAF Fairford, and NBC News is the only one to quote a Pentagon official saying they were redeployed to U.S. home stations. The New York Times frames the move around an unusual-speed withdrawal tied to U.S. officials’ account of an Iran-based threat, while BBC News says no reason has been given and instead links the story to a prior incident involving suspicious vehicles.
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