P8 to Waddington
Waddington has loads of space, even if the P-8 arrived (the original assumed basing option) Waddington would still only have a fraction of the large aircraft based there during V-Force times. Even if we ignored 5 Sqn for a moment there is still a completely undeveloped waterfront hangar (14 Sqn), loads of space around VASS and a completely undeveloped eastern side of the airfield including a golf course and direct access to an extensive explosive storage area.
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I concur with MPN11.
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i was thinking more of infrastructure. The messes are both rammed, JR accommodation is, frankly, woeful and the infra on station is already very busy as it's not set up for the number of sqns that are actually there. So, unless they finance annexes to the messes and SLAM the JR accom, I think Waddo would be struggling...
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"not to mention the relocation of the IND to Devonport and obviously the refit and maintenance of the carriers somewhere south of the border............"
You'd be lucky - there isn't space at Devonport for the Successor boats and all the infrastructre that goes with them - they were looking at Falmouth a year so so back
And if the carriers need to be dry docked there isn't much capacity left anywhere south of the border unfortunatley
You'd be lucky - there isn't space at Devonport for the Successor boats and all the infrastructre that goes with them - they were looking at Falmouth a year so so back
And if the carriers need to be dry docked there isn't much capacity left anywhere south of the border unfortunatley
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"not to mention the relocation of the IND to Devonport and obviously the refit and maintenance of the carriers somewhere south of the border............"
You'd be lucky - there isn't space at Devonport for the Successor boats and all the infrastructre that goes with them - they were looking at Falmouth a year so so back
And if the carriers need to be dry docked there isn't much capacity left anywhere south of the border unfortunatley
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You'd be lucky - there isn't space at Devonport for the Successor boats and all the infrastructre that goes with them - they were looking at Falmouth a year so so back
And if the carriers need to be dry docked there isn't much capacity left anywhere south of the border unfortunatley
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i was thinking more of infrastructure. The messes are both rammed, JR accommodation is, frankly, woeful and the infra on station is already very busy as it's not set up for the number of sqns that are actually there. So, unless they finance annexes to the messes and SLAM the JR accom, I think Waddo would be struggling...
I know there's now a collection of Squadrons/Units (6 badged squadrons, the Stn website says) but they're surely not on the scale of a full-blooded Cold War Vulcan squadron. Or has too much effort been expended in creating a structure to preserve number-plates, with the concomitant manning issues?
i was thinking more of infrastructure. The messes are both rammed, JR accommodation is, frankly, woeful and the infra on station is already very busy as it's not set up for the number of sqns that are actually there. So, unless they finance annexes to the messes and SLAM the JR accom, I think Waddo would be struggling...