Originally Posted by
chevvron
No way Molesworth could be used as an airfield again, the runways were all dug up when the cruise missile base was constructed; there's just a large dispersal and a couple of hangars there now along with the bunkers.
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Agreed, only a numpty would think there was any chance of most of them being retained as ACTIVE airfields - given many havent been active for decades now! The thing is with the BBC the quality of journalism is so poor they probably took whatever quote they were given and then used it in some random context.