美军11月9日自英国米尔登霍尔基地撤走10架加油机：4架赴德国施庞达勒姆、4架赴西班牙莫龙，基地防护等级升至第二高
伦敦 — 美国已于 11 月 9 日周一在一项来自伊朗的威胁后，把美国军用飞机撤出英格兰一座军事基地。华尔街日报援引知情人士的话报道了这一行动。
据华尔街日报报道，针对皇家空军米尔登霍尔基地威胁的确切性质，仍在美国官员讨论之中。
CNN 分析的航班追踪数据显示，10 架美国加油机于周一被调离米尔登霍尔。其中 4 架 KC-135 加油机飞往德国施庞达勒姆空军基地，1 架飞往德国拉姆施泰因空军基地，4 架飞往西班牙莫龙空军基地，1 架飞往苏格兰格拉斯哥普雷斯特威克机场。
据华尔街日报与防务行业刊物报道，美国还把米尔登霍尔基地与另一座莱肯希斯基地的安全威胁等级上调至 FPCON Charlie 级。一名美国官员周一对有关报道作了说明。这一等级是五角大楼部队防护体系中的第二高等级，表明某种形式的恐怖行动或针对行动很可能发生。
一名美国官员对 CNN 说，美方采取主动措施，确保飞机、人员与设施保持安全稳妥。另一名来自美国欧洲司令部的美国官员说，美国空军飞机出于训练与现实需求等多种原因在各设施与行动地点之间轮换，并以行动安全为由表示不会提供资产调动的进一步信息。
英国国防部发言人说，英方不例行评论其他国家的活动，并补充说飞机与其他资产会按行动需求定期调动。
此次调动发生在此前一个月另一座英格兰基地费尔福德皇家空军基地遭遇与伊朗相关的威胁之后。费尔福德曾被美国 B-1 轰炸机用于对伊朗实施打击，但在 9 月 27 日凌晨 5 名男子在基地外被捕后不久，这些轰炸机已出于安全原因撤走。英国检方已就费尔福德基地外事件以国家安全法起诉 2 名英国公民，警方说这 2 人涉嫌协助伊朗。
United States Moves 10 Refueling Aircraft Out of RAF Mildenhall on November 9 After a Threat From Iran: Four to Spangdahlem in Germany and Four to Moron in Spain, Force Protection Raised to Second-Highest Level
London — The United States has evacuated American military aircraft from a military base in England on Monday, November 9, following a threat from Iran, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited sources familiar with the matter.
The exact threat to Royal Air Force base Mildenhall remains under discussion by U.S. officials, the Journal reported.
Flight tracking data analyzed by CNN shows that 10 U.S. refueling aircraft were relocated away from RAF Mildenhall on Monday. Four of those KC-135 Stratotankers went to Germany's Spangdahlem Air Base, one to Germany's Ramstein Air Base, four to Spain's Moron Air Base and one to Scotland's Glasgow Prestwick airport.
The United States also upgraded the security threat level at RAF Mildenhall and another airbase, RAF Lakenheath, to FPCON Charlie, according to the Journal and the defense industry publication The War Zone, citing a U.S. official on Monday. That threat level is the second-highest level in the Pentagon's force protection system and indicates that some form of terrorist action or targeting action is likely.
A U.S. official told CNN that they take proactive measures to ensure their aircraft, people and installations remain safe and secure. Another American official, from U.S. European Command, said that U.S. Air Force aircraft rotate between installations and operating locations for a variety of reasons including training and real world requirements, and said that due to operations security, they will not provide further information on movement of assets.
A UK Ministry of Defense spokesperson said that they do not routinely comment on the activity of other nations, and added that aircraft and other assets move regularly according to operational requirements.
The movement of the planes comes after another Iran-linked threat last month to another military base in England, RAF Fairford. RAF Fairford had been used by U.S. B-1 bombers to carry out strikes on Iran, but they were withdrawn on security grounds shortly after five men were arrested outside the base in the early hours of September 27. British prosecutors charged two British nationals under the National Security Act in relation to the incident outside RAF Fairford airbase, with police saying the two were suspected of assisting Iran.
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