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Old 14th Feb 2020, 19:01
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RAF Mildenhall closure delayed until at least 2027 while the USAF reviews its plans..

https://www.forces.net/news/raf-mild...til-least-2027

Knowing what I do about RAF Fairford - in particular the infrastructure put in specifically to make it the only European FOL for a significant number of heavy bombers in the early 2000s (all in the public domain now) - and the significant number of B-21 now likely to be ordered (compared to the B-2) and the further modernization of the B-52H - and the new weapons coming out for each - I would not be surprised to see the closure of RAF Mildenhall cancelled and RAF Fairford remaining the FOL for bombers and the U-2..
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