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Old 10th Feb 2012, 18:08
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Jimlad1
 
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V Bomber dispersal airfields after 1968

Gents,

A quick query on the V Force for you. Once it was stood down on the entry into service of Polaris, and adopted a tactical nuclear role, did the system of dispersal airfields remain in any form of practise or use?

In other words, in ttw measures, was it intended in the late 60s or early 70s that the Vulcans etc would go to the dispersal airfields as things warmed up, or were those plans scrapped with the end of the strategic role?

For those worried about OPSEC, the list of dispersal fields is well known and in the public domain!
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