USAF To Maintain Rivet Joint Operating Location At UK’s Mildenhall

Tony Osborne December 16, 2020
RC-135 Rivet Joint
Credit: USAF
LONDON–Plans to move the U.S. Air Force’s UK RC-135 Rivet Joint operating location from RAF Mildenhall to RAF Fairford have been canceled after the U.S. Defense Department (DOD) decided to keep RAF Mildenhall open. RAF Fairford was announced in 2017 as the new UK operating location for the family of...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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