Dear Pr00ne,
It would not be a question of moving the Lossiemouth personnel into Leuchars or vice versa, I understand that as the next two Typhoon squadrons stand up, two GR4 squadrons will stand down, as if the Typhoons were the GR4 replacements all along, but we know better than that I'm sure. This being the case, it would leave just the OCU to slot into Marham. The R.A.F. is able to cope with all eventualities these days with just 8 Fighter/Attack squadrons remember. What has actually happened, is Lossiemouth was due to close as it stood no contest against Marham. Leuchars was assured, then the row over closing Lossiemouth, and within days, you'll recall, the papers were claiming the end of Leuchars. But despite your professional background on the matter, you've got it wrong. The R.A.F. is not shoe horning units into 3 bases in order to save operating costs on one, they're reducing to 3 bases because they already have the spare capacity after the recent round of defence cuts.
By the way, what is the source you have which determines that the Army Air Corps will be re-deployed as you describe?
FB
