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Although most USAF bases in the UK had combat missions, in 1966, the Military Air Transport Service established a permanent facility at RAF Mildenhall after the phaseout of the SAC Reflex mission. The 313th Tactical Airlift Wing operates Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and C-141 Starlifter flights to and from the UK from bases worldwide.
No. 17 Test and Evaluation Squadron is located in the United States at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where test and evaluation of the F-35B Lighting II is undertaken. Donnelly Lines, a permanent UK military facility at a United Arab Emirates (UAE) air base, was opened most recently, in 2024. [90]
Air Force Station (sometimes Air Station), Air Reserve Station or Air National Guard Station is used to name installations, typically but not exclusively without a flying mission, that are operated by a unit of at least squadron size, that does not otherwise meet the criteria of being a base. Air Force Auxiliary Airfield is used if the ...
Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England, that for many years was used by the USAF. The airfield is in the civil parish of The Stukeleys , close to the villages of Great Stukeley , Little Stukeley , and Alconbury .
Royal Air Force Welford or more simply RAF Welford is an active Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England. [1] The station is located approximately 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Newbury; about 50 miles (80 km) west of London. Opened in 1943, it was used during the Second World War by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces ...
Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Fletcher, Harry R. (1989) Air Force Bases Volume II, Active Air Force Bases outside the United States of America on 17 September 1982.
The station is the base for air transport, air-to-air refuelling and military parachuting, with the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Airbus A400M Atlas and Airbus Voyager operating from the station. Major infrastructure redevelopment began in 2010, ahead of the closure of RAF Lyneham in 2012, and Brize Norton became the sole air point of ...
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in the United Kingdom" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .