Thank you all for your comments.’
On reflection, I’ve over reacted ; the obvious reason for the RAAF to reclaim the base, kicking the volunteers and the club off the premises in the process, is to sell it unencumbered and without effective community opposition for property development. Isn’t that what happened at Laverton? All that was left there, I think, was some space for the SAS exercise Helos, but I may be out of date.