We just returned last night from an interesting vacation in England, having noticed several signs to bases, such as RAF Fairford. Even went twice by the base near Stonehenge which is the Test Pilot School (?). Had about three old orange/red F-4s parked near the grass-covered bunkers. While driving from Sports Park (near Cotswolds) to Bath, saw 1011s at RAF ####.
Ignition, there's no need to be so secretive! The Empire Test Pilots' School is at RAF Boscombe Down (soon, apparently, to become a tanker base), and the L1011 Tristars (accompanied by VC10s) are at RAF Brize Norton.
I will obviously take flak for this, but all these flying groups are so much waste of resources. The RAF, USAF & USN are there to fight wars; military bands, groups such as Red Arrows, T'Birds, Blue Thingys, etc, take money needed to wage effective war, and put them into bread and circuses
Sam, while we're at it, let's close all bars, sports facilities, cinemas, theatres, non-essential eating facilities, and anything else in the military that's not material to the serious business of making war, shall we? After all, we can't have the troops doing things like enjoying themselves (causing wasted killing time) or having pride in their professionalism, equipment and abilities, which would be counter to the robotic killing tendencies required in your Total Killing Machine. Ban anything and anyone that doesn't directly contribute to the lethality of the armed services, that's the way ahead.
Good chap.
