Latest rumours we hear doing the round of the bizzaars, is that the proposed "Super Base" concept has been dropped. Some one has realised, that putting all of ones eggs into one basket, may not be such a good idea. Tactically it makes ones eggs very vulnerable. But more importantly, the blunties have cottened on, that to operate a greatly increased number of aircraft from just a few basis will require extra runways to be built at said super bases. That it seems is just way too costly!
So it is back to the old drawing board, to take a hard look at how many and where the RN, AAC and crabs airfields of the future will be.