bomber
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The Pentagon moved a dozen B-1 bomber aircraft from a U.K. military base last week over concerns that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had planned a drone attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
U.S. officials were aware of an Iran-linked plot to attack the bomber aircraft and kill personnel at the base, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
"But actually using it as a bomber base is a bit worrying."
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
He volunteered for military service during World War II and, with an affinity for math, served as a navigator on a B-17 bomber that saw heavy action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Whenever we heard a bomber overhead, we dived into our safe holes in the ground.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
The bombers cost several hundred million dollars each and until recently, a dozen were sitting in the open at the air base, just northwest of London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
But on Sunday, it emerged the US had pulled its bombers out of the base and returned them to America.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
For big bombers, where inside storage might not be feasible, they could be based somewhere harder to get to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
B-1 bombers housed at Britain’s RAF Fairford exposed an Achilles’ heel in U.K. defenses: its air bases are far from drone-proof.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Our bombers were flying every day from Saipan and Guam to make raids on Tokyo.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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