For the past ten days, villagers near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire have felt as if they’ve been living through their own high-octane movie.
That at least is how district councillor Tristan Wilkinson sums up their mood. Few would accuse him of being melodramatic.
‘This feels like another plot twist,’ he says, referring to America’s decision on Sunday to suddenly withdraw its £3.6billion fleet of B-1 bombers from the base to prevent them being wiped out in a fiendish Iranian drone attack.
Certainly, the international emergency that fixed the world’s attention on this quiet corner of the Cotswolds contains ingredients for a Hollywood blockbuster
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