The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. The bombers were redeployed to their home bases in the United States, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity. Aviation watchers such as the Military Air Tracking Alliance have observed dozens of B-52 and B-1 bombers operating out of RAF Fairford since the opening days of the Iran war. Observers noticed a host of B-1 bombers fly out of the base on Sunday. The move comes as President Donald Trump weighs options for his war on Iran " including new strikes " despite his initial promises to Americans that the campaign would last a matter of weeks.
Okinawa police arrested a U.S. Marine early Sunday on suspicion of killing a Japanese woman and stealing her belongings at a hotel in the prefectural capital. Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, of Naha, early Saturday at a hotel in the city's Wakasa district, an Okinawa Prefectural Police spokesman said by phone Sunday. Police did not identify the hotel but provided a block number. Based on that and photos published by Okinawa Television, it is Naminoue Crystal Hotel. Police allege Ballard stole the woman's wallet and another item and killed her sometime between 2:10 a.m. and 4:17 a.m., the spokesman said.
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