Two US Refueling Planes Depart Bulgaria After Iranian Anger

Two US tanker aircraft have left Bulgaria’s Bezmer air base, Bulgaria's defense minister said on Saturday, nearly a month after their deployment in the Balkan country angered Iran. The United States, which has been at war with Iran since February 28, requested their temporary deployment under an agreement governing the joint ⁠use of military facilities. Iran said at the time that their deployment would constitute complicity in “aggression and war crimes,” a charge that Sofia dismissed.