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Looks like Mildenhall will be remaining open post 2027 according to our local press:
https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/busi ... -1-6775748
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Re: Mildenhall to remain open?
Well it is an RAF base...albedo wrote:[Not strictly RAF news I know - feel free to move if there's somewhere more appropriate]
Looks like Mildenhall will be remaining open post 2027 according to our local press:
You have to wonder if it will survive post Trump though. Personally I was surprised that they were closing it as Mildenhall has had huge amounts of investment. If it closed the RAF would be well served with moving in as the scale and quality of the installation is incredible.
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Re: Mildenhall to remain open?
On one hand yes on the other it would take a lot of money to make if fit for UK useTimmymagic wrote:Well it is an RAF base...albedo wrote:[Not strictly RAF news I know - feel free to move if there's somewhere more appropriate]
Looks like Mildenhall will be remaining open post 2027 according to our local press:
You have to wonder if it will survive post Trump though. Personally I was surprised that they were closing it as Mildenhall has had huge amounts of investment. If it closed the RAF would be well served with moving in as the scale and quality of the installation is incredible.
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Re: RAF Mildenhall
The rationale was to get the tankers closer to where they are needed (generally speaking USAFE has been consolidating to bases further away from "the East")Timmymagic wrote: have to wonder if it will survive post Trump though. Personally I was surprised that they were closing it
- that rationale won't go away, even though Trump's irrational Germany hatred prevails for now. He is such a little man that Merkel giving him a cold shoulder gets to drive policy
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