Cheers guys, thanks for the ControlTowers link TM, have to say Culdrose, Yeovilton and St Mawgan look good.
The 1973 photo of RAF Molesworth looks very interesting, forgot it had proper modern runway and hangar and tower before being demolished then the modern fixture to this day is the launch / guard tower for the old Tomahawks GLCM which looks like the modern towers at Edwards lol
@Sosl thought you meant your skipper walked up one of the launch pads or the VAB
Middle Wallops tower doesn't look like you can't see over the hangars whereas Ft Ruckers tower is quite tall and IIRC it's flat area and trees in that area.
Isn't Akrotiri taller than the ones here and some of the old RAFG and AAc bases in Germany differ?
The USAFE towers appear quite tall though Mildenhall and Lakenheath height wise probably no more than our ones? Ramstein looks tall and so does a Spang and a couple of Army airfields including the former Feucht AAF.
So the rule of thumb in the designs providing you have good view of all the airfield and can see a/c from a distance approach and take off?