U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on October 5 that the withdrawal of U.S. bombers from Royal Air Force Fairford in Britain was not directly linked to the earlier security threat incident. According to Sina Finance, Rubio said the U.S. Defense Department continuously adjusts military deployments as needed, and bases also undergo routine rotations, including personnel and aircraft changes, so moving military assets across different regions is not unusual.

The United States said on October 4 that the U.S. military had removed all B-1 bombers from Royal Air Force Fairford. U.S. officials said the decision was made for security reasons, amid concerns that the base could become a target of a terrorist attack.

In the early hours of September 27, British police received a report that three suspicious vehicles were driving toward Royal Air Force Fairford in Gloucestershire. Police later arrested five British men in their 20s and evacuated 85 nearby households. Police later said no explosive devices were found in the vehicles involved, but a certain amount of gasoline was discovered.