美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示,由于该基地受到“一些威胁”,美国将轰炸机撤出英国皇家空军费尔福德。
US President Donald Trump has said the United States moved its bombers out of RAF Fairford because of "some threats" to the base.
五角大楼周日证实,已将其轰炸机(据信是大约十几架B-1)从基地撤回其在美国的基地。
The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed its bombers - thought to be about a dozen B-1s - from the base back to their home stations in America.
特朗普周一启程前往内布拉斯加州时对记者表示,美国知道存在“威胁”,这导致他们转移了轰炸机。
Speaking to reporters as he departed for Nebraska on Monday, Trump said the US knew of a "threat", which led them to move the bombers.
周一早些时候,英国皇家空军费尔福德的一位发言人坚称英国皇家空军是安全的,并指出了特朗普上周的言论,他在言论中赞扬了“我们的警察、国防和安全部门”与该基地有关。
Earlier on Monday, a No 10 spokesperson had insisted RAF Fairford was safe and pointed to Trump's comments last week, where he praised "our police, defence and security services" in relation to the base.
特朗普的评论似乎证实了美国媒体的报道,即新的威胁导致轰炸机被移除,这是9月27日发生的一起重大事件,当时警方在空军基地附近发现了三辆“可疑车辆”。
Trump's comments appear to confirm reports by US media that a new threat had led to the bombers being removed, which follows a major incident on 27 September when police were alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase.
他在华盛顿白宫外对一群记者说:“我们将抓住敌人,击败敌人,而不是引诱敌人。”
"And rather than tempting the enemy, we'll capture the enemy and beat the enemy," he told a gaggle of reporters outside the White House in Washington.
他补充说,华盛顿“实际上知道发出威胁的人”,但没有证实是谁。
He added that Washington "actually knows the people that made the threat", but did not confirm who.
英国皇家空军费尔福德-在科茨沃尔德在格洛斯特郡-一直在事件的中心正在调查的反恐警察。
RAF Fairford - in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire - has been at the centre of an incident being investigated by counter-terror police.
五名男子最初因涉嫌恐怖犯罪被捕,随后被保释。第六名男子是英国裔伊朗国民,后来也被捕并被保释。
Five men were initially arrested on suspicion of terror offences and subsequently released on bail. A sixth man, a UK-Iranian national, was also later arrested and released on bail.
在前五名男子获释后,特朗普批评了这一决定,美国官员暗示伊朗可能参与了这一事件。
Following the release of the first five men, Trump criticised the decision and US officials suggested Iran could have been involved in the incident.
白厅消息人士并没有否认华盛顿撤走轰炸机的决定是为了回应格洛斯特郡空军基地的事件。
Whitehall sources have not disputed that the decision from Washington to remove the bombers was in response to the incident at the airbase in Gloucestershire.
美国国务卿马可·卢比奥周一早些时候表示,他不会将上周的事件与从英国皇家空军费尔福德撤走轰炸机的决定直接联系起来。
Speaking earlier on Monday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would not directly tie last week's incident to the decision to pull bombers from RAF Fairford.
他补充说:“基于演习、重新部署、人员更换、新人进入、新飞机进入和旧飞机离开,资产转移到世界不同地区并不罕见。“卢比奥表示,美国仍然对其所有基地的安全充满信心,自事件发生以来,英国当局一直非常合作。
He added: "It's not unusual to see movement of assets to different parts of the world based on exercises, redeployments, people changing out and new people coming in, new planes coming in and old planes going out." Rubio said the US still has full confidence in the security of all its bases and that British authorities have been very cooperative since the incident.
美国副总统JD Vance后来表示,轰炸机是出于“高度谨慎”,并补充说华盛顿认为伊朗正在做它“49年来所做的事情……”他们正在对美国和许多其他人进行恐怖主义行为”。
US Vice President JD Vance later said the bombers were moved out of an "abundance of caution", adding Washington feels Iran is doing what it has "done for 49 years... which is engage in acts of terrorism against the US and against a lot of other people".