US pulls B‑52 and B‑1 bombers from RAF Fairford on 5 Oct 2026
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- The United States withdrew its B‑52 and B‑1 bombers from RAF Fairford on 5 October 2026 after hundreds of those aircraft had operated at the base since early February 2026.
- A US and UK soldier died at a US base in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq; the UK Defence Ministry said the soldier’s family had been notified and a UK official linked the incident to Tehran, which Iran denied. RAF Fairford is located 160 km west of London, and the US recently deployed its third aircraft carrier with about 9,000 troops to the Middle East.
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