Pres. Trump is denying any knowledge about a U.S. Air Force C-17 crew overnighting at a Trump family-owned resort in Scotland during a layover in March.
President Donald Trump is denying any knowledge about a U.S. Air Force C-17 crew overnighting at a Trump family-owned resort in Scotland during a layover in March. The U.S. Air Force is reviewing its overnight lodging guidelines for pilots on layovers after questions were raised about the stay and is also providing more information about a little known aspect of military flying.
In a June letter to the Pentagon, Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings questioned if stops at Prestwick Airport might be an effort to boost the debt-ridden airport. The airport has faced closure but is the closest airport to Trump's private Turnberry resort. "But he was there before I bought it, I believe, he said. A long time ago," said Trump."But he was in Ireland and so he said, you know what I will do come I will see my family. I didn't know about that."
Thomas said the C-17's layover in Glasgow was"not unusual" and that an ongoing review of the trip has found"nothing that falls outside the guidelines associated with selecting stopover airports on travel routes and hotel accommodations for crew rest." Beginning in 2015, the U.S. Air Force contracted with Prestwick Airport in Glasgow, Scotland, to be one of the dozen military and civilian airfields in Europe where aircraft could refuel. Prior to that it had only been a"divert" location if other U.S. military air facilities were unavailable.
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