[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE, GLOBAL: Air Force to consolidate European operations

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

RAF Mildenhall to close amid other Europe consolidations

ByJohn Vandiver
Stars and Stripes
January 8, 2015

STUTTGART, Germany - A major U.S. Air Force base in the United  
Kingdom and 14 other installations scattered across Europe will close  
as part of a sweeping reorganization of U.S. forces on the Continent,  
the Pentagon announced Thursday.

Operations at RAF Mildenhall - home to Air Force special operations  
forces, air refueling tankers and 3,200 military personnel - will  
end, and missions carried out there will be moved to other locations,  
including Germany. RAF Alconbury and Molesworth, two other facilities  
in the U.K., also will close as part of a consolidation effort. Most  
of the missions there will be moved to RAF Croughton.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon plans to station two squadrons of F-35s at  
RAF Lakenheath by 2020, which ensures the continuous presence of U.S.  
air power in the country.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/raf-mildenhall-to-close-amid-other- 
europe-consolidations-1.322825

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