US EditionVance Visits US Troops During UK Trip
JD Vance met US troops and received a briefing on RAF Fairford's strategic role, home to key US Air Force units under NATO agreements.
- On Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance will visit RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to meet American troops and receive a briefing on the base’s capabilities.
- Having met shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick and shadow home secretary Chris Philip Tuesday August 12, Vance continues his diplomatic tour ahead of Trump's Friday meeting with Putin.
- RAF Fairford is available to the US Department of Defence under the 1951 NATO Status of Forces Agreement, hosting the 501st Combat Support Wing and 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, with bomber deployments under Bomber Task Force Europe 25-2.
- Vance is expected to deliver remarks expressing appreciation for their service and meet Nigel Farage for breakfast in the Cotswolds, according to The Times.
- The visit highlights US-UK military cooperation and strategic ties amid ongoing support for Ukraine since February 2022.
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MIKEY SMITH: I was there for JD Vance's air base speech - he did the most Donald Trump thing ever - The Mirror
JD Vance took an afternoon out from partying with Thomas Skinner and breakfasting with Nigel Farage to say hi to US military personnel stationed here in the UK. And I went along too
·London, United Kingdom
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JD Vance told the U.S. military deployed at the British Air Force Base in Fairford, southwest England, that their presence was essential to help end the fighting on Ukrainian soil.
·Paris, France
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