Twelve American B-1 bombers did not leave a British base by accident. The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times report that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind a complex, multipronged plan to destroy U.S. aircraft and kill American service members at RAF Fairford, about 90 miles west of London. All 12 bombers went back to their home stations in the United States over the weekend. Some officials say the plot looked loosely like Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web, the truck-launched drone strikes on Russian bomber bases. This was not a strike that already happened. It was intelligence serious enough that the planes left. That pullout came days after British police stopped an alleged terror plot near the same airfield. Five British nationals were arrested over a suspected van bomb attack; a sixth man, a U.K.-Iranian national, was later arrested. All were released on bail. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were strong indications the Iranian government had a hand in that earlier plot. Vice President JD Vance said the bombers were moved out of an abundance of caution and that Iran is still doing what it has done for 49 years: terrorism against the United States and a lot of other people. President Trump told reporters there were some threats, the jets did not fly out by accident, and he was not going to leave them sitting there. If Iran can push American bombers off an allied base without firing a shot, the next question is what else they think they can reach. Were the bombers right to leave, yes or no? If this base was a target, should U.S. aircraft still be parked on British soil at all?If you want unfiltered truth and commonsense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices