According to people familiar with the matter, the US urgently evacuated US military aircraft from a British air base on Monday due to threats from Iran. According to these sources, US officials are still discussing whether the threat to Royal Air Force Base Lackenheath is imminent or a more general security risk. According to flight tracking data and information from another person familiar with the matter, in the early morning of the same day, two US military air tankers using the facility were diverted to Germany; later that day, several other tankers at the base were also transferred to Germany and other locations. A US Air Force spokesperson declined to provide specific details about this asset transfer, but said in a statement that US military aircraft will rotate between different facilities and combat locations for various reasons. The White House, on the other hand, forwarded media requests for comment to the Pentagon.

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