Originally Posted by
DucatiST4
Why not base them at Akrotiri during the winter then during the display season let them stay at the various airfield still remaining around the UK based on where their next display is?
Because even in the display season they regularly fly practice displays which require the airfield to be sterile and the airspace above it sanitised. The BIG issue here is the airspace. R313 (ISTR 5nm from the centre of the Scampton runway and up to 9,500 feet above mean sea level); it is not within the MOD's gift to just move it around the UK and even if the CAA has agreed to consider a request to move it, it will take years to get a decision and require a lot of consultation.