# Vance suggests Iran may have been involved in Fairford air base incident

https://mins.news/en/item/86854

- TASS, 2026-10-05 18:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2197825

> US Vice President JD Vance said he believed, with some confidence, that Iran was involved in the incident at Fairford Air Base in the UK. He also effectively acknowledged that US B-1 strategic bombers were withdrawn because of it, seemingly contradicting Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s earlier account.

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