RAF Mildenhall KC-135 Dispersal Continues; 16 Evacuated

US Tankers Keep Dispersing From RAF Mildenhall as Evacuated Total Hits 16

A reposted OSINT update reports another KC-135 from the 100th Air Refuelling Wing leaving RAF Mildenhall as "RAKE31", a second ("RAKE32") aborting, and a tanker that had staged at Moron (LEMO) in Spain repositioning to Germany, with 16 aircraft evacuated so far.

Sh1n (Dave) (@hey_itsmyturn) reposted an update from DefenceGeek 🇬🇧 (@DefenceGeek) tracking the continued dispersal of U.S. aircraft based at RAF Mildenhall.

In the newer update, DefenceGeek wrote:

UPDATE: US Assets at RAF Mildenhall Dispersing

The movements have continued today, with another tanker departing RAF Mildenhall, and one that had moved to Moron (LEMO) in Spain moving round to Germany.

The original post from the previous evening (11 November) reported:

UPDATE: US Assets at RAF Mildenhall Dispersing

Despite Veterans Day / Armistice Day, another KC-135 from 100th Air Refuelling Wing at RAF Mildenhall has departed this evening as "RAKE31", with a second aircraft "RAKE32" having to abandon the move today as it clearly has issues still.

That brings the total number of aircraft evacuated to 16.

Neither post states the reason for the dispersal. The posts were tagged to @MATA_osint, @ArmchairAdml and @jamjake01.