LMF at the top
BA landed a VC10 there some years ago. I understand the runway length is within the RAF VC10 capability.
Seems to me, that the RAF Hierarchy are covering their 6's a bit too much, typical of the worries of litigious society and micro management from above. This sort of decision wouldn't have got as far as the CAS in days gone by, it would have been dealt with at group level but maybe AOC group didn't wish to make the decision and passed it up the chain.
Its a shame that a stalwart of the RAF cannot be displayed at the RAF Museum because of someone who needs to grow a pair of Cojones.