Originally Posted by
kaikohe76
As I mentioned earlier, surely the new CAS must put a stop, to the almost constant closing of active RAF airfields. In my opinion, for many years the voice of the RAF has not been heard nearly enough & lags well behind the other two services. As a young man or woman looking at a career in the armed forces, which one would be at the top of your list? So sad that the RAF is not the service I remember & was proud to have been a member of for quite some time.
AM Smyth has said the RAF as reported in Air Forces Monthly that they have drawn down the airfield infrastructure far too far in not having enough space to effectively deploy the force within the UK.