UK agrees to US military use of bases to carry out defense mission against Iran
AFP, Fairford, UK, 7th - The UK government announced today that the US has begun using UK bases to carry out specific missions against Iran.
The UK Ministry of Defense said that the US has started using these military facilities to carry out "specific defensive missions to prevent Iran from launching missiles into the region."
After the US and Israel jointly bombed Iran on February 28, UK Prime Minister Starmer initially angered US President Trump (Donald Trump) by refusing any level of involvement.
He later agreed to the US request, allowing the US military to use two British military bases for "specific and limited defensive purposes."
These two bases are the Fairford base in Gloucestershire, southwest England, and the joint UK-US Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean Chagos Islands.
Today, an AFP photojournalist witnessed a US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber landing at Fairford base.
Meanwhile, a US C-5 Galaxy transport plane was parked on the runway at the base.
A Survation poll released yesterday showed that 56% of the 1,045 British citizens surveyed believed that Starmer's decision not to involve the UK in the initial attack was correct, while only 27% thought it was wrong.
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