Debrief: Runway Closure Tests UK RAF's Airlift Resilience

RAF A400M
Credit: Royal Air Force
LONDON—The UK Royal Air Force has dispersed its transport fleets to airfields across the country, testing the service’s ability to sustain logistics operations away from its main operating base. But the dispersal is not intended to prove a capability or test a doctrine. It is happening because the...
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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