Originally Posted by
HK144
Why would they spend over a Billion redeveloping Tindal to house F35, E7 amongst others and USAF Heavies and build another base costing Billions again 2 hours up the road from Tindal to base what?
Redundancy and training in an area that military aircraft may actually be required for military reasons (war games at Mt Bundy team A and Team B at Tindal). Tindal to Darwin or Bundy would neither be a 2 hour trip by car or aircraft.
Mount Bundy also is a current military training area, a reasonable drive from Darwin with a few better amenities than K town for the family type. I also believe the water quality is better in Bundy than K town unless the RAAF have recently rectified that.