Britain says its bases are safe after US refuelling planes evacuated

Britain said on Tuesday that its military bases were safe, after the US removed huge refuelling aircraft from a British airbase following what the Wall Street Journal said was a threat from Iran, the second such apparent evacuation in three months. Commercially available flight tracking data showed at least 10 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker refuelling planes left the Royal Air Force base in Mildenhall, eastern England, on Monday. One flew to a base in Germany, one to Scotland and two to Spain, whil

Source: Dawn