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Air Force pulls bombers from RAF Fairford after security incident

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Air Force pulls bombers from RAF Fairford after security incident
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The Air Force pulled all of its bombers deployed to RAF Fairford, sending them back to the United States a week after several people were arrested outside the British air base on suspicion of plotting terrorist actions.



A defense official confirmed to Task & Purpose that Air Force bombers, including B-1s, B-2s and B-52s have all left the base. In a statement the official said that while “operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time,

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