From what I heard and its only rumours are the total closure of Lakenheath, Aviano and Spangdahlem. The end of all USAF combat units in Europe. With the drawdown in Afghanistan and massed cuts to US Army units in Europe the AMC facilities at Spang won't be needed. Also this puts at risk the need for the based C-130s at Ramstein. Also with the loss of all USAFE fighter units and huge reduction in transient aircraft this will remove the need for a full USAFE tanker unit. There is talk of a small detachment of rotating stateside units to fill this role with maybe 4 to 6 tankers, not the current 15 based tankers which are at Mildenhall. Also the days of the 352nd SOG based in Europe seem to be rumoured to be coming to an end with talk of them returning to Florida. Talk about a lack of planning if this is true, as we speak they are being reequipped with MC-130Js and Osprey's! They don't have a full compliment of either yet! They have spent a fortune on Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Spangdahlem in recent years, many of the locals felt this guaranteed long term survival! In my opinion such a thing almost guarantees closure!
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