US gunships arrive at RAF Fairford amid plans to seize Venezuelan tanker

The US plans to use special forces to take a rogue Venezuelan oil tanker in the North Atlantic as it races towards Russia, according to reports from the US. The Trump administration wants to launch the audacious raid on the Russian-registered ship which is currently 500 miles off the coast of Ireland and would rather 'seize it than sink it', according to CBS. And in what could be a diplomatic nightmare for Keir Starmer, it is believed American troops would use the UK as their launchpad for the assault.C-17 Globemaster III and AC-130J Ghostrider gunships have landed at RAF Fairford over the weekend. The planes have come from Fort Campbell in Kentucky which is home to the 160th SOAR or Night Stalkers who carried out the attack on Caracas.