Renunciation of citizenship??

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I never knew PR had such close ties with the States. There's certain parallels militarily with the commonwealth - in the history of the UK (which still has several US bases today) we've been fortunate enough to have the Australians, Kiwis, Canadians, Indians (both WWs), West Indians and many many more all for the same cause. Of course history's now changed some of that, but even now some of our best personnel have roots down under, and of course we've got the Gurkhas.

There's quite a few Brits currently serving within the US Forces too. Only a week or two ago there was an article about our B-2 commander. We've also had a chap on the F-22 since it entered Sqn service with the USAF.

[Hagar]

There's quite a few Brits currently serving in the US Forces too. Only a week or two ago there was an article about our B-2 commander. We've also had a chap on the F-22 since it entered Sqn service with the USAF.

I suspect these are RAF pilots on exchange schemes. I don't think that's quite the same as being members of the USAF.

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There's quite a few Brits currently serving in the US Forces too. Only a week or two ago there was an article about our B-2 commander. We've also had a chap on the F-22 since it entered Sqn service with the USAF.

I suspect these are RAF pilots on exchange schemes. I don't think that's quite the same as being members of the USAF.

I know Doug, but I was just using it as an example of officers serving the US forces in a very high profile capacity who aren't Americans.

[Hagar]

There's quite a few Brits currently serving in the US Forces too. Only a week or two ago there was an article about our B-2 commander. We've also had a chap on the F-22 since it entered Sqn service with the USAF.

I suspect these are RAF pilots on exchange schemes. I don't think that's quite the same as being members of the USAF.

I know Doug, but I was just using it as an example of officers serving the US forces in a very high profile capacity who aren't Americans.

That brings up another point. I assume that these exchange officers are British citizens & members of the RAF with their salaries paid by the British government. The question is; where would their loyalties lie if the units they're attached to were involved in actions against the interests of the UK? I think this is relevant as the original topic involves changing loyalty from one country to another.

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There's quite a few Brits currently serving in the US Forces too. Only a week or two ago there was an article about our B-2 commander. We've also had a chap on the F-22 since it entered Sqn service with the USAF.

I suspect these are RAF pilots on exchange schemes. I don't think that's quite the same as being members of the USAF.

I know Doug, but I was just using it as an example of officers serving the US forces in a very high profile capacity who aren't Americans.

That brings up another point. I assume that these exchange officers are British citizens & members of the RAF with their salaries paid by the British government. The question is; where would their loyalties lie if the units they're attached to were involved in actions against the interests of the UK?

That would be up to the government and embassy. We have similar situations with exchange personnel in the UK forces. US personnel certainly don't serve in one of the overseas locations where UK forces have a permanent base.