@cbsnews: The U.S. military moved 10 Stratotanker refueling planes from RAF Mildenhall in England to facilities in Scotland, Germany and Spain on Monday, reportedly because of a threat from Iran. Sources told The Wall Street Journal the planes had been repositioned due to the threat, but it was unclear if it was imminent or general. A U.S. official told CBS News later Tuesday that there were credible threats against bases in the U.K., without specifying who was behind the threats. The relocation of the aircraft comes just over a month after the U.S. Air Force decided to remove all of its long-range bombers from RAF Fairford, another air base in England that had been used to launch strikes on Iran, following a security incident there.

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Tuesday 10 November 2026 17:23:45 GMT