# ‘We had a threat’: Trump explains U.S. move to pull long-range bombers from U.K.

https://mins.news/en/item/86954

- CNBC, 2026-10-05 19:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/trump-bombers-uk-iran.html

> Trump explained why the United States moved long-range bombers out of the United Kingdom. The U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers removed from England had been used in strikes on Iran.

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