US Is Using British Bases of Fairford and Diego Garcia for ‘Defensive Strikes’ on Iran, in Surprising Policy Decision by New PM Burnham

Diego Garcia airbase – Wiki Commons

A vital stepping stone for the strikes.

As the US attacks on Iran continue for the 12^th day, a surprising continuation in policy has taken place, with the new British Prime Minister, Andy Burham, allowing the use of UK bases by American military airplanes involved in the operations.

Today (23), it arises that the US deployed a B1 bomber from a British base, in the first such mission in Burnham’s premiership.

On Andy Burnham’s second day as UK prime minister, he helped the US bomb Iran via RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

We visited RAF Fairford in March of this year to investigate how Don...