Oct 7, 2026 · 15 min · 10 segments
The U.S. pulled a dozen bombers out of Britain after officials identified a credible Iran-linked threat, raising new questions about how exposed American forces are to drone attacks overseas. French…
Eleanor BeardsleyEsme Nicholson
Greg Myre
Michel MartinHostA MartínezHost
We have new information around events connected to the British air base used by American bombers near where five men were arrested last week in a suspected terror plot.
All of the US long-range bombers that were at that base were brought home over the weekend because of a threat of a possible attack by Iran.
He was the seventh to be picked up since this all began on September 27th.
That's when British police arrested five young men traveling in white vans near the air base in a rural area in the middle of the night.
Now, no weapons were found in the vans, and a few days after that, a sixth man was detained, but they've all been released on bail, and no one has been charged at this point.
Now, President Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham have both said there's a possible link to Iran, but they haven't provided details.
So it sounds like there's still a lot that we wanna know, but have we seen anything similar in the past?
So are US military bases at home and abroad now considered more vulnerable than in the past?
We have new information around events connected to the British air base used by American bombers near where five men were arrested last week in a suspected terror plot.
All of the US long-range bombers that were at that base were brought home over the weekend because of a threat of a possible attack by Iran.
He was the seventh to be picked up since this all began on September 27th.
That's when British police arrested five young men traveling in white vans near the air base in a rural area in the middle of the night.
Now, no weapons were found in the vans, and a few days after that, a sixth man was detained, but they've all been released on bail, and no one has been charged at this point.
Now, President Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham have both said there's a possible link to Iran, but they haven't provided details.
So it sounds like there's still a lot that we wanna know, but have we seen anything similar in the past?
So are US military bases at home and abroad now considered more vulnerable than in the past?
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