Suddenly, the U.S. Has No B-1 Bombers at RAF Fairford

News from over in the United Kingdom this morning: “Asked on Monday whether RAF Fairford was safe, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: ‘Yes.’”

That assurance is a little harder to believe now than it was a few weeks ago, particularly since the U.S. has withdrawn all its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford and, in particular, because of how those bombers were withdrawn, at least as described by sources to the New York Times:

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News from over in the United Kingdom this morning: “Asked on Monday whether RAF Fairford was safe, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: ‘Yes.’”

That assurance is a little harder to believe now than it was a few weeks ago, particularly since the U.S. has withdrawn all its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford and, in particular, because of how those bombers were withdrawn, at least as described by sources to the New York Times: