The US military has moved aircraft out of RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk because of a threat linked to Iran, the Wall Street Journal reports. The paper cites people familiar with the matter, and its report has been relayed by Reuters.
According to the WSJ, two US refuelling tankers using the base diverted to Germany on the morning of Monday 9 November. Several other tankers were moved to Germany and other locations later that day.
The WSJ describes Mildenhall as the second British airbase from which US aircraft have been evacuated. It says the precise nature of the threat is still under discussion among US officials.
Reuters says the move comes weeks after a suspected Iran-linked security incident at RAF Fairford led to the withdrawal of US bombers. Reuters notes that US bombers had used Fairford to carry out strikes on Iran.
No comment from the UK government or the Ministry of Defence has been reported. The WSJ account has not been independently checked.