Scottish Sunday Mail:
Nimrod Tribute Set For Gates Of RAF Kinloss
TOP brass want a decommissioned Nimrod to stand in tribute at the RAF base of a crew killed in Afghanistan.
The Nimrod MR2 will be a symbolic "gate guardian" at RAF Kinloss - the home base of 14 men who died when the same type of plane crashed. In September 2006, the Nimrod exploded in a fireball, killing all on board. An MoD probe blames a fuel leak but refused a coroner's request to ground the entire fleet over safety fears.
An RAF spokeswoman said: "One of our crewmen has approached the station with the request to have a Nimrod as a gate guardian which we are considering. But a Nimrod would be too large to site at the front gate.
"An alternative site would have to be considered."
Sources have revealed that a suitable site has been identified on Burghead Road at the eastern end of the airfield.
Last night the families of those who were killed declined to comment.