I don't quite understand the fascination with closing Odiham. I never see posts from Odiham based personnel venturing an opinion that Brize should be closed, or that 1AMW should relocate, but the rest off the RAF seem most keen to shunt the Chinooks off somewhere different each week.
Yeovilton
Leeming
Colerne
Lyneham
Benson
Dishforth
All the above have been the subject of studies, and discounted for some reason or another as potential bases for the Chinook Force. In the meantime, no investment has been made in station infrastructure.
So, I suggest that everyone just worries about where
they are going to be in the near-medium term and leaves Odiham alone.
