Good memories, a few drunken nights.
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Other countries with closing bases include Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugeses Azores, and Italy.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30731926
US military to close 15 bases in Europe
United States Air Force (USAF) has confirmed it will pull out of three UK airbases.
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Grrr.....
Title should read:
“USAF to pull out of airbases at Mildenhall, Alconbury and Molesworth”
Please correct mu pathetic mistake! Thanx!
Sad. We spent 8 years at RAF Bentwaters & Woodbridge and 3 at Lakenheath. I managed a Domino’s that used to be right in Beck Row, by The Bird In Hand, Mildenhall. I understand that business is located elsewhere in Mildenhall now, but gosh, the memories.
I always wanted to forget my drunken nights. Well, the days too.
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My brother was stationed there during WWII. He wasn’t there long before they got shot down on their 17th mission and he spent the rest of the war in Stalag III until the forced march to Stalag XVII...
I’m sure us pulling out of Europe must SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS out of Putin/sarc.
In other words - he hears us tell him how we’re not going to put up with him messing around in his backyard (Ukraine, Baltics, etc.)...just as we’re canceling weapons programs, packing up the troops, and leaving Europe further and further undefended.
What would any reasonable person assume about REAL intentions when they see that?
The US pays the Brits for the privilege of defending Britain.
That money is now earmarked for Obama’s promise of free college for two years for illegals.
Ah, those names. The names. I spent a 364 day tour in England in 1975-76, I worked (TDY’d) out of a place called Croughton, did my military business stuff at Upper Heyford and went to several bases: Mildenhall, Lakenheath, and even a little comm site on the east side of the isle called “Cold Blow” - now there’s a name. Stayed TDY there a month working on the channel M/W link to Belgium. Little B&B there that had National Geographics from the 50s in the room, scads of them.
I can’t recall ever seeing a Muslim when I lived there.
A bit more of that “flexibility” that zero promised his commie buddies
hello clouds, hello sky sed Fotherington-Thomas...
Raf Mildenhall. Been there many times. Many a night at the Bird in Hand, liked everything on tap except the cider! Smokehouse was good, too.
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RAF Molesworth, I have worked there. It is a nice area.
To you guys that know, isn’t there still a lot of wisdom in having assets dispersed? McArthur’s December EIGHTH, 1941, debacle at Clark Field, Manila springs to mind.
Oldplayer
RAF Mildenhall was a major base in England. RAF Lakenheath used many services at Mildenhall. It served as not just a tanker base but also hosted commercial flights and various other aircraft. I spent my formative years at Lakenheath.
I hope all the US vets here (thank you all btw) had good experiences in our country.
I’d be fascinated to know what you all liked and disliked, what you found odd or charming, appalling or great.