The US pulled its bombers from an RAF base in Britain following fears about a possible drone attack similar to Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb after the recent major incident at Fairford, sources claimed today.
Pentagon officials were allegedly worried that Iran would attempt a copycat attack on the Gloucestershire airbase following the June 2025 operation by Ukraine which destroyed ten Russian aircraft.
US military chiefs were concerned Tehran might replicate how Ukraine used lorry drivers to smuggle drones into Russia, and feared the explosives could already be in the UK, sources told ITV News.
Officials believed Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps were plotting an attack
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