Foiled terror plot at bomber base signals wider threat to US military installations: expert
Five men arrested near a key U.S.bomber base in the U.K.
on Sunday may have planned a "complex," coordinated attack with potentially far-reaching security implications for American military installations globally, a former U.S.intelligence official warned.As counterterrorism police investigated after officers detained the suspects near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a former Pentagon official also said President Donald Trump will ultimately be the one to decide the consequences if indeed the "trail leads to Tehran."The men were initially held on suspicion of offenses under Britain’s Explosives Act before being arrested on terrorism charges in connection with the airfield, a key U.S.
Air Force hub and the primary European base for American strategic bombers.On Sunday, Trump said U.S.authorities had been monitoring the suspects prior to their capture.FORMER UK PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR WARNS EUROPE ‘WE DON’T WIN’ IN WAR WITHOUT US SUPPORTPolice at a road block on the road to RAF Fairford after a major incident was declared, with armed police manning a cordon near the village of Whelford in Gloucestershire, near RAF Fairford on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
(Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)"We had them under investigation," Trump told reporters in Chicago."They were looking to do big damage to our fort.""It may have been Scotland Yard.
I don't know.We worked with a lot of them.
We had them under view for a long time, and we got them," Trump added.According to Sky News, counterterrorism police were investigating whether Iran is linked to the suspected bomb plot.Former Trump White House official Morgan Murphy told Fox News Digital that British authorities are leading the investigation alongside U.S.law enforcement and intelligence."Every phone, bank record and rental receipt will be run through British and American intelligence, and if the trail leads to Tehran, it will be found," Murphy clarified."But as American airmen and bombers seem to have bee...