Thanks all for your answers. vernon99, there may be a case of Misfeasance if the brass have given incorrect advice or information to HMG. The way public services are being placed under the microscope I would not be surprised if there were a couple twitchy butts especially as this is in the back yard of a PM that keeps being sucked towards the phone hacking controversy.
For my part, being out of he military now, I still have not got my head around how a risk management assessment on the entire transport fleet being at a single rwy base when we have operations relying on continual supply saying it was acceptable. I guess therefore I should not be surprised by what I have read here.
As for the brass, well they should not be surprised when more decisions are taken by civil servants and less left to the military command.
I hope for all your sakes someone gets a grip and fast but I somehow doubt it