{"id":5663,"date":"2026-10-06T20:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/iran-drone-threat-prompts-u-s-b-1-bomber-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:29:09","slug":"iran-drone-threat-prompts-u-s-b-1-bomber-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/iran-drone-threat-prompts-u-s-b-1-bomber-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Drone Threat Prompts U.S. B-1 Bomber Withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FkowH6cp3FMQ%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"B-1 bombers pulled amid Iran drone threat\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kowH6cp3FMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 October 6, 2026 (STL.News) The United States removed all 12 B-1B Lancer bombers deployed at RAF Fairford in Britain because of concerns about a suspected plot involving Iran to launch a complex drone attack against the base, according to two U.S. officials cited by Reuters. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the matter\u2019s sensitivity, said concerns about the suspected attack prompted the United States to remove the aircraft from RAF Fairford, the principal European operating location for American bombers. Iran has denied involvement in any alleged plot against the base. The<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/iran-drone-threat-prompts-u-s-b-1-bomber-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 October 6, 2026 (STL.News) The United States removed all 12 B-1B Lancer bombers deployed at RAF Fairford in Britain because of concerns about a suspected plot involving Iran to launch a complex drone attack against the base,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5665,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663\/revisions\/5665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}