"....a more stable laydown for the Royal Air Force"
Is that yet another new staffing wanque-word? The only 'laydown' I can recall was as in 'Option Selector - Laydown Land' during the Bucket of Sun checklist.
Great place for basic training, Valley. Such an excellent weather factor for unrated baby Bloggs and no real terrain issues at all....
What happened to that daft idea to move the UASs from Wyton to Wittering without any ATC support? Or has the advent of risk-aversion suddenly woken up to such a bolleaux idea?
Maybe ULAS could return to Benson if the Merlins move to Yeovilton?
Banbury to Brize is going to take roughly an hour most of the time - assuming that you would use the A361 rather than SatNaving your way through the back lanes past Jeremy Clarkon's pad. The queues in both Chipping Norton and Burford can be quite impressive at many times of day....