The United States pulled about a dozen B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford. Officials linked the weekend departure to threat warnings after arrests near the Gloucestershire base.
The United States has withdrawn its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, the BBC reported. A Pentagon official confirmed on Sunday that the aircraft, thought to number about a dozen, had returned to home stations in the United States.
The move followed a 27 September incident in which police were alerted to three suspicious vehicles near the airbase. Five men were arrested on suspicion of terror offences and later released on bail. Whitehall sources did not dispute that Washington's decision responded to that incident, the BBC said.
Vice-President JD Vance called the departure an abundance of caution and said Washington believed Iran was engaging in terrorism. President Donald Trump said the aircraft were moved because of some threats and that the United States had moved the planes rather than tempting an enemy.
The BBC's security correspondent reported that the B-1s had been operating from Fairford for months in strikes related to the Iran conflict, and that Iran had warned in July that countries hosting such facilities could be treated as targets.
The Ministry of Defence had not commented in the BBC reports used here. Tracking sites showed B-1s leaving Fairford on Sunday.