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MILITARYOct 5US air force removes all bombers from British military base RAF FairfordNo reason has been given for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident last week when police were alerted to "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase.BBC World
MILITARYOct 5Can Kurds in Iraq unite as US troops withdraw from the country?On September 21, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq officially announced the completion of the long-delayed unification and reorganization of its Peshmerga paramilitary forces under the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs (MoPA). The Peshmerga are Kurdish armed forces, with roots going back to Kurdish guerrillas who fought as a more or less united front against successive Iraqi governments for most of the 20th century. After the 2003 invasion, though, they never came together as one Kurdish national army. Instead, they split into two separate party forces, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the KuResponsible Statecraft
MILITARYOct 5The case for pulling US military back from the first island chainLate last month, Japan’s defense ministry made an unsettling announcement. A U.S. ground-based missile system, known as the Typhon and capable of firing Tomahawk missiles, would not return to the United States after being deployed to Japan for military exercises. Instead, it would be stored at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, at least temporarily.Tokyo tried to downplay the move, noting that the decision was intended to support training, not warfighting, and that no U.S. Army units would deploy with the missile system. But the reassuring language is unlikely to forestall the negative consequences oResponsible Statecraft
MILITARYOct 5Estonia shifts troops closer to Russia in ‘active defence’ pushFinancial Times
MILITARYOct 5LCS 1 may not be fully operational until 2035, audit findsAuditor-General’s Report 2/2026 finds that delays in weapons systems could leave the first littoral combat ship short of full capability.freemalaysiatoday · malaysia
MILITARYOct 5Indian Navy sailor held for leaking data to Pakistani operative was arrestedmid_day · india
MILITARYBREAKINGOct 5US military says it struck vessel in Caribbean, killing four - ReutersReuters World
MILITARYOct 5Mexico deploys 500 soldiers this Sunday in Tamaulipas, a state bordering the USMéxico movilizó fuerzas militares en Tamaulipas, en coordinación con EE.UU., para frenar el tráfico ilegal en la frontera común.La operación conjunta incluyó equipos aéreos y antidrones, tras un reciente incidente armado en Texas.Clarín
MILITARYOct 5US pulls bombers out of UK's Fairford airbase after arrestsDW News [en]
MILITARYOct 5B-1B Bombers Make Hasty Departure From EnglandRAF Fairford, which hosted U.S. bombers during Operation Epic Fury, some of which had stayed, has been threatened openly by Iran before. The post B-1B Bombers Make Hasty Departure From England appeared first on TWZ.The War Zone
MILITARYOct 5Unmanned Systems Forces hit nearly 500 energy facilities in Russia, occupied territories in three monthsUkrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 4US removes bombers from England due to 'threat'NOS Buitenland
MILITARYOct 4Pentagon pulls B-1 bombers from UK base following alleged terror threatThe Pentagon pulled all 12 B-1 bombers this weekend from the U.K.’s RAF Fairford air base to their home stations in the U.S. weeks after an alleged terror threat against a U.S.-operated post in England.  “While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time, we can acknowledge now…The Hill
MILITARYOct 4US withdraws all B-1 bombers from British military base RAF FairfordThe Pentagon confirmed on Sunday that all US B-1 bombers deployed to Britain’s RAF Fairford had returned home following a security incident that prompted nearby evacuations. Police found no explosives after reports of suspicious activity at the base last Sunday. Five London-based British men arrested were subsequently released on bail.France 24 [en]
MILITARYOct 4U.S. B-1 bombers evacuated from UK base after attack threats from IranThe U.S. military evacuated a dozen B-1 bombers from the RAF Fairford airbase in the UK over the weekend, the Pentagon said. President Trump said in Monday the threat came from Iran. Why it matters: A U.S. official said the base was under threat of attack by Iran. The latest: Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Monday that there are "regular rotations" of U.S. Air Force assets around the world and that the movement of the bombers was not directly tied to the Iranian threat. "We have confidence in the security of all of our bases. All of our bases could be threatened theoretically Axios
MILITARYOct 4US withdraws bombers from RAF Fairford after suspected terror plotIrish Times World
MILITARYOct 4US withdraws B-1 bomber aircraft from UK’s Fairford base amid Iran fearsAl Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 4U.S. Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted in a suspected terrorist plotNBC News
MILITARYOct 4U.S. military removes bombers from U.K. air base following security incidentAll U.S. bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have been returned to their home stations in the United States, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to CBS News.CBS News
MILITARYOct 4Israel orders security review of incoming flights after co-pilot attackPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a review of “all aspects” of security of foreign civil flights to Israel.Washington Post World
MILITARYOct 4U.S. Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by suspected terror attackJapan Today
MILITARYOct 4Merz unveils fresh military aid in Kyiv; says Germany won't be intimidatedGermany will not be intimidated into dropping its support for Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday as he announced a further €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in military…Japan Today
MILITARYOct 4US Air Force removes all bombers from UK airbase targeted by suspected terror attackSouth China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 4US withdraws all its bombers from British base that was the target of a suspected terrorist attackClarín