What is really shocking for me is the fact that there are only
4 Combat Aircraft* bases - Coningsby, Leuchars, Marham and Lossiemouth.
By 2019 there will be only
3!
Within 8 years since 2011 we will have halved the number of Combat Aircraft bases; within 20 years we will have 1/8th left - that's 12%!!!
*= Combat Aircraft as defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a fixed-wing or variable-geometry wing aircraft armed and equipped to engage targets by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction, as well as any model or version of such an aircraft which performs other military functions such as reconnaissance or electronic warfare.
LJ
