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Old 21st Mar 2022, 12:57
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
Not the VGS stuff. The lovely new hangars that were built the last time Chivenor was reopened have been taken over by the logistics Regt as has the 22 Sqn Hangar and dispersal.

The important vehicles are all in a purpose built environmentally controlled building.

There is plenty of space for an AEF.
Whilst agreeing that there most probably IS space for an AEF, I think you'll find that those "lovely new hangars" were in fact the very same hangars that were built there in 1940, and the very same ones that I saw and experienced when I was there with 229 OCU. New cladding and offices were added in the rebuild. The 229 OCU that I experienced was tin shacks and wooden huts. The rebuild produced a wonderful station.

Is there going to be a new AEF anywhere? As promised by the minister at the time of the AEF/VGS announcement?
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