US bomber planes land in UK amid expected 'surge' in strikes on Iran

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Hat tip, the Washington Post, for the picture it ran. A paywall prevents my linking to it.

Online chatter says they're from Dyess AFB in Abilene TX:

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/mid-atlantic-and-beyond-milair-2026.495977/page-93#post-4270613

A nearby post posits that B-52s from Minot AFB will head to Diego Garcia.

A later post says that the B-1s are from Ellsworth AFB outside Rapid City SD:

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/mid-atlantic-and-beyond-milair-2026.495977/page-94#post-4270880

US bomber planes land in UK amid expected 'surge' in strikes on Iran

7 hrs ago


A Rockwell B-1 Lancer, a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force arrives at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire (Image: Andrew Matthews)

By Lucy Jackson
Multimedia Journalist

AMERICAN bomber planes have landed in the UK as the Middle East war entered its eighth day – with the US warning of a "surge" in strikes on Iran.

A 146ft Rockwell B-1 Lancer, a supersonic variable-sweep wing heavy bomber, was pictured arriving at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Friday evening, with another three landing on Saturday morning.

It comes after Prime Minister Keir Starmer granted permission for “defensive” US action against Iranian missile sites from UK bases.


A Rockwell B-1 Lancer, a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force arrives at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire (Image: Andrew Matthews)

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