Originally Posted by
SKOJB
Can only imagine the likes of St Mawgan, Boscombe Down, Leuchars and Leeming would be utilised. All have HAS and fuel depots on site!
As far as I know the F34 BFI at Leuchars still isn't back in use and, given my experience of how much thought is given to the potential re-commissioning of BFIs during the rush to abandon RAF stations/give them to the Army, I very much doubt it'll be a quick, cheap or easy process to sort.
This goes equally for all the other 'mothballed' airfields folks seem to think could be used.
Yes it's possible to deploy various tankers and/or EBFI assets to such airfields but, for many reasons, these are far from desirable options.