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8 Sqn to go out.
There must be spending cuts coming......
So far this year I've heard of a mid-air between a Black Hawk and a Scan Eagle UAV (no one hurt), a mid-air between a Cobra and a Huey (4 killed) and an airmiss between a FJ and a MQ-1.
Is there an air C2 role in Afghanistan? Well this is from the USMC's wikipedia page - "MAG-40 has been reactivated as a composite aircraft group which will serve as the headquarters for all Marine aviation units heading to Afghanistan in spring/summer of 2009. The group will be located at an airfield in southern Afghanistan and will be made up of 50 to 100 aircraft".
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Camp Bastion Airstrip in Afghanistan is As Busy As Stansted - HMForces.co.uk ? UK's #1 Community: Army, Navy, RAF
As busy as Stanstead with 5,000+ movements a month!
So in answer to the question for air C2 it has to be "yes".
LJ