The UK and USA do have a very special relationship in many ways, aircraft wise we already have the C-17, RC135 and F35 pending to name but 3.
Why not expand matters and the UK have some P3s and A-10s of which Uncle Sam has surplus, and we also should have saved our GBPs on the 2 carriers and just hired the USS Carl Vinson or a similar carrier with some Hornets.
Once a lot of money was spent on upgrading Mildenhall, and the Ospreys moving in we should have known that closure was just around the corner.