Two points:
Totally agree; what's wrong with the term station? We've let the media give us Americanisms for too long. It's even worse when serving 'troops' refer to it as a base. That just saddens me.
Which brings me to 'troops' not airmen or aircrew.
We are not troops! Endex!
Would the media be allowed to get away wityh such ill-prepared jottings if it were about the government or the NHS or something similar? No, of course not because we're easy. get it wrong and nobody's going to worry about putting a rocket up their a
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Rant over. Time for my cup of tea. Now, where are my tablets? Nurse?!