The U.S. military removed all of its bombers from the RAF Fairford base in the U.K. following a security incident last month, officials said Sunday.
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All U.S. bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have been returned to their home stations in the United States, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to CBS News.
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