Originally Posted by
Bob Viking
Don’t forget Yeovilton, Culdrose, Leeming and Wittering. Although I understand the sentiment of your post.
BV
As you pull the pins from the map the distances between runways increases, fuel reserves increase, and flying hours reduce. Throw night flying in to the pot and it was almost inevitable we had to use civil airfields, and that was 20 years ago. Holding Manchester from Coningsby or Leeming from Lossie was a drag.