Originally Posted by
Neptunus Rex
So where will be the 'Crash Div'
. . .
Too many eggs in one basket, methinks.
I was an Ops O on nights when aircrew still did Ops. Even 15 years ago we had to scratch around for night divs. Unless booked before the blue moon set Marham would close when their sqns stopped flying which was often 1700. Lakenheath would close at 2100. Invariably we would finish up with East Midlands or on occasion Manchester.
Only one military airfield in the north of Scotland would be no different, except it would need the civil airfield during the day too. Paying for occasional civilian use would be less expensive than keeping a second airfield open as a contingency.