Originally Posted by
chopper2004
Cottesmore does not as it’s been near a decade since end of Harrier ops, handed over to the army. Not even sure if the runway is in good shape. Wittering has the necessary infrastructure ATC, Fire, etc as it does operate 16 and 6 Sqn plus Cambridge and London UAS
https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisat...raf-wittering/
On a numerous note, why not start up flight ops lol at Wyton 🎃🤖 ....sure the only thing flying is the MAGPAS MD902 but they’re moving to Alconbury come next year. And hey it was only quarter of a century ago, that 100 Sqn was based there with their Hawk T1s... lol
Cheers
I assume the thinking re COT is the runway is still in good (enough) order and that a ATC caravan and fire cover would be provided by WIT. I didn't see Wyton on the shortlist myself, probably because its earmarked to be covered in thousands of houses in the near future. Nice idea though!