Originally Posted by
Lima Juliet
Also, a conspicuous lack of 8 Sqn markings too...
...and no roundel.
The RAF's public announcement
RAF surveillance fleet to be based in Moray includes:
"The arrival of the Wedgetail in 2023 will also mark a return to RAF Lossiemouth for 8 Squadron, after an absence of 30 years."
I suspect the change.to Lossiemouth is a combination of bean counting and pro-union politics. Let's not forget before the decision to shut Leuchars and move Typhoon there, Lossie was supposed to get the F-35s - priorities change and hence basing plans.
Always had a soft spot for V(AC) though as one of my earliest memories of FJs is watching/feeling a pair of its Lightnings take off and thinking I want to do that when I grow up ...