Local news reporting MoD are reviewing future basing of helicopters and the potential risk to Wattisham in favour of Middle Wallop.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/wattisham-a ... -1-5965799
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Review of Helicopter Bases
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Whereupon they'll spend all their time flying back to East Anglia and STANTA etc. to train............
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Why, when there is SPTA along with Copehill Down.
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It's been on the cards a few years. RAF have Benson, Odiham, AAC have Wattisham, Middle Wallop and still retain assets at Aldergrove, Navy have Culdrose and Yeovilton - so that's 6 main operating bases which are simply to many. All sorts of rumours including- Boscombe to be a new super base for two or all three of the services helicopters, all AAC assets to be concentrated at MIddle Wallop, All RAF assets to Odiiham etc.Snoop 95 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:14 amLocal news reporting MoD are reviewing future basing of helicopters and the potential risk to Wattisham in favour of Middle Wallop.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/wattisham-a ... -1-5965799
I would imagine in the next 5 - 10 years whatever happens the 6 bases I've mentioned will become 3 and maybe less.
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Agreed Phoon, although sometimes I think that stategists can't always see the wood for the trees and focus too much on cost savings (which while prudent) isn't always perhaps the best option. As I've mentioned before, the military has pretty much (especially the RAF) pulled itself/retreated out of for example the NW of the UK comepletely, and that will see a disengagement from public and the public support for them and the wider military, which then makes it easier to cut more without concern for any public outcry.
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Hopefully before the bean pusher get to carried away selling off Airfields for more executive housing estate s we don't need they might think it a good idea to have some heavy lift Helicopters in the north of the England given recent events ?
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