On Jun. 24, 2013, the a pair of U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, eventually arrived at RAF Mildenhall, in the UK, at 16:07 LT.
The two aircraft came from Keflavik, Iceland, and are believed to be among the first group to be permanently based at the Hall, with the re-instatement of the 21 SOS, formally with HH-53s.
In spite of the cloudy weather, The Aviationist’s photographer Tony Lovelock was there to take the pictures you can find in this post.
David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written four books.
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