Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
https://www.kingdomfm.co.uk/news/loc...hars-airfield/
The MOD have dismissed claims by Steve Gethins, MP for North East Fife, that there are plans to end military aviation at Leuchars in 2021. So where did Mr Gethins get the scent from? I'd have thought that Leuchars' position as the master diversion for Lossiemouth would ensure its survival in that regard!? But I've been certain about things before only to be proved mistaken.
FB
I suspect this might be Mr Gethins' source:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/696814/2018-03356.pdf
Leuchars' status is highly anomalous. The only ATC unit providing a LARS H24. Why? Not even Lossiemouth or Coningsby do that even though they're the source of any H24 movements at Leuchars. And how many Typhoon divs do they get? Last time I looked a pair of Lossie Typhoons operating to the north diverted all the way to (Liverpool?), flying past Leuchars because they were on easterlies and below minima (Cat D PAR DH 710ft on 08 compared to 250 on 26)