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B-1s Pulled From RAF Fairford...
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2026 8:55 pm
by MikeKozlowski
...Not seeing anything official on this yet, but it looks to be accurate. Whatever the hell is going on with the Van Lads, somebody believes it's prudent.
https://x.com/point_luck/status/2106843807035875595
Mike
Re: B-1s Pulled From RAF Fairford...
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2026 9:46 pm
by MikeKozlowski
...And confirmed:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-pulls-bomb ... 49184.html
If it's to this point, I suspect it will be a very long while until the next Fairford deployment.
Mike
Re: B-1s Pulled From RAF Fairford...
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 1:19 am
by Nightwatch2
so in one respect, the terrorists(?) won in that they drove the USAF bombers from their forward deployed location.
Re: B-1s Pulled From RAF Fairford...
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 2:51 am
by Rocket J Squrriel
The parking spots for the bombers seemed close to the fence line. Like RPG range. Is that normal?
Re: B-1s Pulled From RAF Fairford...
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 4:12 am
by Pdf27
How much does the collective think this is due to a genuine threat assessment and how much a fear of being embarrassed before the mid-terms?