Sigonella - Tripoli 280nm = 40 mins
Luqa - Tripoli 195nm = 27 mins
Sigonella or Luqa - Benghazi 330nm = 47 mins
Souda Bay - Benghazi 280nm = 40 mins
Oh that's awkward, can't use any of those.
I beg to differ - Berlusconi has opened up his airfields and Danish F-16 have already arrived at Sigonella (
link). Souda Bay looks to have been cleared for all missions except bombing (
link); not a major snag since planned bombing missions can easily tank their way in from more distant airfields. With this in mind I would imagine that CAS aircraft would be best placed at Sig.
I would also presume that since the Greeks are to contribute 4 F-16s, they would be happy for Souda to be used for air-to-air armed aircraft, but we will see...
From Justanopinion's carping you would think he wants our efforts to deploy Typhoon and Tornado to fail!!