Brit 55.
Why would we want to move to CY?? Its the home of SOME Air Defenders. In this day and age I fail to see the significance of colocating with one element. We also work with the Navy, so maybe we should move into Portsmouth!
I guess its the old chestnut about being colocated with the FJ aircrew to improve Contoller capability etc etc. Some mileage in that BUT, sorry, despite our crappy Branch name, controlling Fighter aircraft is a very small part of our job.
Command and Control in Joint Battlespace will not IMHO, be enhanced solely by having some Fighter Controllers parked next to CY Ops.
Yes I know thats a very simplistic view and there is benefit to be had by closer links, but that is only one small part of a much bigger picture.
Point taken about the A6 posts and I too am expecting several 'announcements' early in the New Year!
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Nice One! A complete paragraph of random b*****ks. Rank slides in the post!