I last flew her (or in her as a semi-professional directional consultant) on the OCU in 1984.
This may just be a cunning Army plan - goes with renaming RAF Mount P and RAF Ascension to MP Base and AI Base - but I also suspect the dead hand of engineering regulations which require gate guardian aircraft to meet certain standards. Elf 'n safety dontcha know. Clearly what is needed is an inert replica F4 to commemorate the aircraft's contribution to keeping the place British
