Styron,
You won’t fit all that is at Odiham, Benson and Dishforth in Leeming, it’s simply not big enough, lacks hangars etc, etc. The Chinook fleet could well make the move, leading to Odiham closing.
Topcliffe is just up the road from Leeming so if the Army don’t need that there is the possibility of a twin base.
100 Sqn, the UAS and a Rock Sqn are already at Leeming don’t forget.
Wyton, Brampton and Henlow also have far too much to fit in at Bath, it’s a fairly restricted site and not exactly cheap! Likewise there is an awful lot at Halton that wouldn’t fit at Cosford, don’t forget that they have tried to close Halton once before and came a bit of a cropper over who the land reverts to.
Yeovilton could provide a home for the JHC rotary fleet from Benson, although there’s a lot at Benson in addition to helicopters!
I think Benson is the most likely to close, followed by Odiham and St.Mawgan.
It’s all speculation though, why on earth this couldn’t have been announced at the same time as everything was on Wednesday is a bit of a mystery.
SirPeter etc etc,
Don’t be too sure about no work going on to move the J to Brize!
A400M will sound the death knell of the K, they have 8 years to sort it out.