Downing Street says Fairford is safe as Washington plays down bomber withdrawal
The British Government has insisted the Gloucestershire base is secure, though American officials have given competing accounts of why the B-1s left.
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US withdraws bombers from British base at centre of Iran plot inquiry
The aircraft left RAF Fairford a week after a security alert that Prime Minister Andy Burnham has linked to Iran.
British police arrest five near air base and evacuate Gloucestershire village
Officers have given no indication of a motive and have not linked the five men to any country, group or cause.