The U.K. is blocking U.S. use of two key bases for an attack on Iran, according to a report by The Times. Both Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean, and RAF Fairford, a base in the U.K., would be important to any American plans to use long-range bombers in a sustained campaign against Iran.

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The deployment of F-22s towards the Middle East has been considered by many to be one of the final pieces of the puzzle regarding U.S. preparations for potential offensive action against Iran. The Langley Air Force Base (AFB) jets landed at the UK base shortly before 1830 UTC,

Work has started on a £28m project to upgrade the airfield at an RAF base in Lincolnshire. RAF Coningsby is one of two RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) stations, with Typhoon comba

Warplanes based at a Suffolk airbase have been seen taking part in a major operation. The aircraft involved in the mission took off from RAF Mildenhall as part of Exercise Point Blank, a training event focused on "the collective defense of the European region."

Six F-35Bs have been sent to RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus in a move, sources told The Times, intended to better protect base should current tensions in the region break into open conflict. The six jets left RAF Marham in two batches on Friday Feb.

"Do not give away Diego Garcia," US President Donald Trump has said as he criticised the UK's plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back an important military base. Trump said "this land should not be taken away from the UK" and if it did it would be "a blight on our Great Ally",

The UK has taken a firm stance to stop President Donald Trump from using RAF Fairford, near Swindon, for air strikes on Iran.