Reuters reported that two US Bell-Boeing (CV-22B) Osprey aircraft were transferred from RAF Mildhall Air Force Base to Lakenheath Air Force Base in the UK on Monday, November 9.
This transfer occurred on the same day that, according to the Wall Street Journal, American refueling planes were transferred to Germany from one of these bases following a threat from Iran.
Reuters confirmed by reviewing images and flight tracking data that the two Ospreys took off from Mildenhall shortly after 14:00 GMT and landed at Lickenheath. The news agency also verified the location and time of the footage using satellite images, archival images and metadata from the original video files.
However, Reuters emphasized that it could not independently confirm that the transfer of the two Ospreys from Mildenhall was due to the threat from Iran.