B-1 Lancer, which can carry 24 cruise missiles, arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Friday evening

‘We just don’t know what will happen,’ western officials say, as UK bases prepare for arrival of US heavy bombers

The 146ft B-1 Lancer is the fastest bomber in the US Air Force

The aircraft is the fastest bomber in the US Air Force and is piloted by a crew of four.

B-1 Lancer, which can carry 24 cruise missiles, arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Friday evening

A US Air Force B-52 bomber plane landed at RAF Fairford airbase on Monday (9 March), after the US and Israel’s airstrikes towards Iran sparked widespread regional conflict. It…