ISLAMABAD — Britain said on Tuesday that its military bases were safe, after the US removed huge refuelling aircraft from a British airbase following what the Wall Street Journal said was a threat from Iran, the second such apparent evacuation in three months. Commercially available flight tracking data showed at least 10 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker refuelling planes left the Royal Air Force base in Mildenhall, eastern England, on Monday. One flew to a base in Germany, one to Scotland and two to Spain, while the destinations of the other six were not reported. At least three Osprey multipurpose aircraft also departed from Mildenhall and landed at Lakenhe
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