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In an effort to stem its losses, Prestwick executives have attended military fairs across the US to pursue contracts to service cargo flights, troop transports and air-to-air refueling operations for the US Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, National Guard and the US Defense Logistics Agency.
Official memos seen by the Guardian show Prestwick has won these contracts with the knowledge of Scottish government ministers, including Keith Brown, the economy secretary, both while Trump was the Republican presidential candidate and since he became president.

All happening BEFORE and REGARDLESS of him becoming President.
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport has been providing aviation services to the military for almost 80 years. With no PPR or slot restrictions, Glasgow Prestwick Airport offers the perfect location for crew rest, fuel stop and training for any size of aircraft at any time of the day.
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport offers a dedicated and discreet military FBO located within a few meters of the apron with highly skilled staff on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Facilities include rest areas, washrooms, lounge, briefing rooms, complimentary refreshments, entertainment areas and Wi-Fi. Flight plan & weather packages are also available.

So absolutely a non-story and going on before Trump was President.
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport is the only place in the United Kingdom where Elvis Presley (who had distant Scottish ancestry) was known to have set foot, when the United States Air Force transport plane carrying him home to the United States stopped to refuel in 1960, en route from Germany

So was Trump responsible for that back in 1960?

2015

The US air force, which has servicing and re-fuelling contracts with Prestwick Airport, also use the Canadian-made planes, but Prestwick Airport said the jet had not been in touch on Tuesday.

2006

Shortly after 11pmSaturday night, four peace activists entered Prestwick airport to conduct a Citizens’ Weapons Inspection, in the light of public concerns about the transport of weapons from the United States to Israel via UK territory. They observed one US Air Force plane on the tarmac, and four Atlas cargo planes landed during the time they were present in the area.

Feb 2018

“Handling private and military flights has always been a part of Glasgow Prestwick airport’s business.”
A year ago Ron Smith, chief executive of Prestwick at the time, talked openly about the airport’s intention to target military business. He said: “The volume of military movements flying across the Atlantic each and every day is vast and the ongoing trend for closures of military airfields across Europe is pushing more and more of this business into those commercial airports approved to handle military aircraft.

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The Air Force spokesman told the New York Times in a statement Saturday that it is common for military flights to stop in Scotland. He added that on that night there were no better alternatives.
For example, the Trump property had a $ 136 daily allowance, compared to neighboring Marriott's $ 161. He added that the maximum allowable amount was $ 166 and that the crew used the Marriott property on the return trip.
"As our flight crews serve on these international airlift missions, they follow strict hotel accommodation contract guidelines and all taxpayer dollars," Brigadier Edward Edward wrote. "In this case, they made reservations through the Defense Travel System and used the closest available and the cheapest accommodations for the airport within the crew's permissible hotel rates. " ] AP

The 629 fuel purchases had nothing to do with the golf course.


Sinister goings on here and in the US.