Originally Posted by
Miles Magister
I seem to recall that on a base in the 90's many of the MQs were sold (given) off to the local council who refused to accept them in the state they were in. So much of the budget was spent refurbishing them so that the council would accept them leaving not very much (almost nothing) of the budget for the occupied MQs and the rest of the base.
Happened with the Airmen's patch at West Drayton too, around 1984. Council didn't want them!