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At the risk of sounding unpopularly on topic, I'd like to reply to the OP:
I was at the dinner, and, yes, AOC 22 Gp chose that forum at approx 2330 hours to announce that "Linton is to close and the Tucanos to move to Valley." I was suprised at the choice of location for the announcement!
In theory, due to the reduction of flying over the past few years, RAF Valley now has plenty of spare capacity. I have doubts though as to some other practical apsects of flying - mixing Tucanos and Hawks in the sae cct may prove to be... interesting. I have also heard that it is not possible for a Tucano pilot to wear an immersion suit? This would cause issues at Valley as Hawk pilots are in their goon suits for about 6 months of the year!