Bones are gone from RAF Fairford…
The US Air Force has pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford following an investigation into an alleged planned terror attack at the base.
The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the US, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorised to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke on Sunday on condition of anonymity.
A Pentagon spokesperson said: “While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real time, we can acknowledge now that all US bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have redeployed to their home stations in the United States.”
Full article, HERE from The Guardian.
Personally, I think this is a smart move. No point in waiting around to see if the terrorists are going to try for round two…
After the ‘lack’ of action by the Brits, ‘somebody’ on our side had their head screwed on straight and sent the orders to GTFO, NOW!
This is not the time to be ‘playing nice’ with an ally and putting our folks at risk. Especially with the Brit’s ‘mentality’ of protecting the muslim ‘immigrants’…
Of note, very little has made the news about the people arrested, then almost immediately released, which causes the hackles to rise immediately!
It ‘may’ be time to look at pulling our folks out of the other British bases, along with those in Germany…
Just sayin…
If a bomber can be deemed beautiful, the B-1 must win the prize.
Not sure why we have bases in England anymore or even Germany for that matter.
Out of caution, I agree moving our assets out is a smart move. I’m not sure we can count on the current regime in London to help us if the world goes ‘wonky’. Strange feeling – we and the Brits have generally seen eye to eye in our recent past. Maybe TDS has infected the British House ?
Labor has been importing and protecting enemies of the West for decades as they fundamentally reshape that culture. Allowing the suspects out on bond immediately after being arrested is just the latest indication of how far gone England is.
There was a time when the USA did NOT trust the Brits. They had a skunk in the wood pile by the name of Philby. They were told over and over that they had a Russian mole. The Americans finally broke off relations and stopped sharing intel.
Perhaps history is repeating itself. Either way it’s time to let the former Great Britain compose it’s way out of the relevant picture. Nothing worth saving there or fighting over.
With the entire country full of browns it wouldn’t surprise me that someone in the UK Govt is feeding intel to the sand brothers.
We should close our bases in England and Spain and Germany and instead go where we are welcomed.
Poland comes to mind.
The economic damage that would cause would destroy Rota and Moron and Ramstein.
THe lesson would not go unnoticed.
Beat me to it.
Germany is unsuitable due to Lefty idiocy.
Perhaps Hungary would also be a possible location.
The only thing England has left going for it is that they speak a dialect of American.
Hungary was OK. The current Hungarian government is bending too far toward the EU and suppression of the political opposition for my comfort, as far as moving US bases there.
This.
There was conjecture that the gents were there to steal fuel, not destroy assets. According to Hot Air, this is a multimillion-dollar problem in the UK. It is the reason they were released on bail.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c85ydnwqpzyzo
I wonder about some of our Navy bases as well. Granted, it takes a few days to transit to theatre, but… and I like the idea of Poland for the flyboys; not for the Navy (the Baltic is NOT fun playground — and the Swedes and the Finns have that pretty well covered).
I have to admit that I’m a little concerned about some of our bases stateside, in deep blue areas — they aren’t too far behind the Brits in being… um… unsupportive.
How they got all 12 off the ground is incredible to me. I am sure several launched with some in-op equipment.
Hey Old NFO;
I have been saying that for years, that we need to get our stuff out of Western Europe, I don’t trust the government there to have the best interest of the troops in mind. Poland would love us as would other places in Eastern Europe. I was stationed in Germany for 5 years in Germany in the mid 80’s to 1991, and now the German government is totally bending the knee to the migrants. it is not our best interest for our people to be over there if the government gets hostile.(I also am looking at Turkey).
Removing assets is first. If, and when, the U.K. is willing to destroy their invaders, we can maybe help…or not. From my vantage point, it’s not the U.K. anymore. It’s now the caliphate in Britain.
All- Good points. Gerry- I ‘think’ that is a red herring…
OldSarg- I’d almost guarantee it! LOL
Yes…since apparently the Brits can’t/won’t protect military bases removing the planes is probably the right choice. But this is still a “win” for Tehran. Their goal was to stop US air assets from operating against them from Britain….and they succeeded. How is irrelevant as far as they are concerned And you can bet they will try this again on other bases with US assets that are poorly protected.
Dan- Yes it is…sigh
Not the first time Brits have been the enemy. Not the first time we’ve beat them. Time for the guards to have – and use – live ammo. (they never had it when I worked at facilities. But Wackenhut did)
I went with the buffs when we deployed there in ’03 for the OIF. We “hung out” there for a month or so before we employed. Over that time along with the daily protests at the front gates, the security situation deteriorated. Finally, it was said, somebody hopped the fence and did something to one of our birds. You could literally throw a rock from the other side of the fence and hit something expensive. Anyhoo, the next day the security situation was fixed. One of the last Ghurka regiments was deployed there to defend the base and there were no more security incidents. Cool, polite little dudes, harder than woodpecker lips.
Protecting our people and equipment is important. But we just told the world that handful of clowns in ski masks can show up and the US will pull bombers to another continent.
Where are we going to see the next batch of clowns in ski masks show up to force the US out of another base?