US Air Force evacuates tankers from base in England due to Iran threat, Wall Street Journal reports

LONDON (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has evacuated air refueling tankers from their base in eastern England due to a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.Two tankers stationed at RAF Mildenhall were diverted to Germany on Monday, and several other tankers were relocated to other bases in Europe later in the day, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the decision. U.S. officials decided to redeploy the aircraft after being alerted about the new threat on Monday, the Journal said.A European Command official said they were aware of the reporting when contacted by The Associated Press, saying only that the service rotates aircraft between locations “for a variety of reasons including training and real world requirements.”“U.S. military aircraft are hosted in accordance with access, basing and overflight agreements with our allies and partners,'' the official said while speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on sensitive mil