Bush's 'entourage' all arrived last Thursday (12th). Two C-17s arrived in the morning to offload all thr ground supplies and equipment, and then they returned to Mildenhall. The helicopters (2 x VVIP SH-3Ds and 6 x UH-60 Balckhawks) arrived on Thursday evening, having flown in from Germany.
On Monday lunchtime, after GWB had departed from Heathrow to Belfast, all the helicopters retruedn to Northolt.
Yesterday, Tuesday, four C-17s arrived. Two collected the assorted ground-equipment (coffee machine and burger var) and two each took a single VVIP SH-3D). They all returned to Mildenhall. The UH-60 Blackhawks flew back to Germany on Tuesday morning.