Originally Posted by
ExAscoteer
You are quite correct, METS formed at Leeming in 1977 as part of 3FTS until 1979 when it moved to 6FTS RAF Finningley. I had assumed that after the mothballing of the Jetstream and the demise of 5 FTS at end '74 (after the first 2 Jetstreams had been delivered to Oakington), that the formation of METS in 1977 was at Finningley.
Mea culpa!
Was there a School of Refresher Flying? Maybe that was the JP unit at Leeming in'79 but there was definitely (according to wiki) a CFS 'presence' at Leeming.