Trump says 'threat' led US to pull bombers from RAF Fairford
The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America.
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"Yeah I think we can say that. They didn't fly out by accident."
— Donald Trump , Politician
"It's not unusual to see movement of assets to different parts of the world based on exercises, redeployments, people changing out and new people coming in, new planes coming in and old planes going out."
— Marco Rubio , Politician
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The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America.
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