Originally Posted by
Green Flash
On the range ring road at Sennelager there were custom built hides just off the road site.
Eberhard, never enjoyed operating from there. ATC/Fire/Medic tents close to the road and there were a lot of trainee Leopard tank drivers passing by at all hours.
Boxer42 - the modus operandi for the Harrier Force (apart from 1 sqdn whose idea of a field deployment was to occupy the 3 & 4 Sqdn HAS sites at The Gut when they were out in the woods) was to operate from wooded areas close to the FEBA (Forward Edge of the Battle Area). In war they'd have used large buildings like supermarkets, industrial complexes etc. Harriers only needed a 1000 foot strip to take off from, motorways would be overkill.
BD