UK and US tight-lipped after American war planes depart second British airbase | BBC News

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More than a dozen US Air Force aircraft have left a second airbase in Britain weeks after the US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford over a suspected Iran-linked security incident. The latest plane to leave, a Boeing Stratotanker KC-135 refuelling aircraft, flew from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Tuesday afternoon and headed towards Germany. The Wall Street Journal reported that the departures have been in response to a further threat from Iran but the BBC has not independently verified that claim. Downing Street has insisted British air bases are safe and that their security is a "top…

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