USAF Planning RPAS Operations From UK Airfield

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Credit: USAF
LONDON–The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) are looking to begin remotely piloted air system (RPAS) operations from Fairford airfield. The airfield is the subject of an airspace change proposal to enable RPAS operations, the first U.S. airbase in the UK to do so. Fairford also...
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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