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The hasty movement was reportedly sparked by new Iranian threats against the base, although the Pentagon doesn\u2019t confirm that assertion.\n\n\n\nThe sudden withdrawal came a week after a major incident was declared near Fairford following the arrest of five men on suspicion of driving bomb-laden vans toward it. They were later released on bail after no explosives were found. However, Counter-Terrorism police are continuing the investigation and said they were considering \u200bwhether a foreign \u200bstate had \u2060been involved. On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the incident might have had an Iranian \u200blink.\n\n\n\nThe Wall Street Journal was the first to report the departure.\n\n\n\nA U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer heavy bomber takes off from runway 27 to depart for home at RAF Fairford on Oct. 4, 2026 in Fairford, United Kingdom. (Photo by David Bown/Getty Images) DAVIDBOWN\n\n\n\nBomber strikes launched from Fairford, which included ones executed by both B-1s and B-52s, were a central aspect of major U.S. combat operations against Iran earlier this year. In addition, the installation is a major hub for U.S. military aircraft in the United Kingdom. It is a regular host of strategic assets, including bombers and U-2 spy planes. It also acts as a pit stop for other aircraft, including fighters, that are being ferried to and from the United States.\n\n\n\nThe U.S. withdrew all 12 B-1s \u201cafter commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation,\u201d The New York Times reported, citing two U.S. officials.\n\n\n\nU.S. Air Force B-1 bombers depart RAF Fairford for home bases on Oct. 4, 2026. (Photo by David Bown/Getty Images) DAVIDBOWN\n\n\n\n\u201cThe withdrawal was highly unusual: Such moves are rarely made so quickly from an allied air base in a peacetime country thousands of miles from a combat zone,\u201d the publication added. \u201cThe need to move the bombers out of the base, R.A.F. Fairford, was deemed so urgent that some of the planes and their flight crews left while aerial refueling aircraft were still being scrambled to support their flights to the United States. At least three of the planes had landed at their home base in South Dakota by Sunday.\u201d\n\n\n\nU.S. officials declined to tell the Times the specific nature of the new information that prompted the Lancer withdrawal, some of which had just arrived in the past week as part of a normal rotation of forces to maintain the B-1 forward presence in Europe.\n\n\n\n\u201cOne U.S. official said the new information was part of the same threat warnings that surfaced three weeks ago, but specific details and a sense of urgency spiked in the past 24 hours, alarming commanders,\u201d the publication noted.\n\n\n\nAs we previously reported, Tehran directly threatened RAF Fairford in July over its use as a base to launch attacks against Iran.\n\n\n\n\u201cThe American aggressor army, which used to launch cruise missiles from its vessels in the Indian Ocean in its aggression after the official resumption of the war, with the end of the missile reserves of the aforementioned vessels, yesterday switched to using B1 planes flying from Fairford Air Base, England,\u201d Tasnim News Agency, a quasi-state outlet in Iran with ties to the country\u2019s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed on Telegram on July 23. \u201cAs the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stated, any base that is used to invade Iran\u2019s territory is our legitimate goal.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthe enemy must pay the price for its breach of promises, and this time we will not allow America to use deceptive ceasefires to replenish its oil and ammunition stockpiles and then resume attacks once again.\u2014 Press TV \ud83d\udd3b (@PressTV) July 23, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\nLocal aircraft spotters and aviation photographers began to notice the aircraft departing in large numbers earlier on Sunday.\n\n\n\nThe aircraft left in several waves, according to the DefenceGeek X account, run by the senior editor of the U.K. Defence Journal.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIN FULL: US Bomber Force Withdrawal from RAF Fairford #IranWar\u200cOK so now we know the full scale of this withdrawal, here's the details \u2013 10 of the 12 B-1B \"Lancer\" bombers remaining at the base (including the aircraft that only arrived 6 days ago on a rotation) are heading\u2026 pic.twitter.com/LSBHuomAcz\u2014 DefenceGeek \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@DefenceGeek) October 4, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB-1 MAYAN42 departing for home just now\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 it was with MAYAN41 86-0111 which only recently arrived at RAF Fairford suggesting not a rotation. That's 10 today now. pic.twitter.com/sfvDjmgdgK\u2014 Saint1 (@Saint1Mil) October 4, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\nThe defense official who confirmed the withdrawal said the aircraft movements won\u2019t affect overall readiness.\n\n\n\n\u201cThe Airmen that operate America\u2019s bomber force, including B-1s, B-2s, and B-52s, remain ready to deliver precision global strike capabilities \u2013 including through operations that launch and recover from the continental United States \u2013 anywhere, anytime,\u201d the official added.\n\n\n\nWhen we asked the Pentagon about the retrograde movement of bombers from the U.K., they did not confirm the security issue that prompted it, stating: \n\n\n\n\u201cU.S. Air Force bombers routinely operate around the world to support global force readiness and operational requirements. While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time, we can acknowledge now that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States. 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