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Old 25th Apr 2018, 16:48
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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!
I understand they briefly re-opened Lindholme as an RLG for METS but found (after all the years the 2 airfields had happily operated together) that the circuits conflicted!
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