ATC towing story, during a Part 1 Mineval at a major bomber base south of Lin***n.
Certain "things" had to be moved from "a certain location" to the various dispersals in order to "generate" certain other "things". Nothing must impede their stately transit, or people will be "exercise shot on sight". One small snag ... it was 10/10 fog of the densest quality that Lin***shire can provide. So ... the Local Controller, using a Storno on the Blue Channel spent the next hour or so directing 'ground traffic' by guesswork and "Have you passed the PAR yet?" to ensure the convoys proceeded uninterrupted from "there" to "somewhere else".
At some stage, Big John Stn Cdr called the Tower to ask why it was taking so long to get "things" to designated dispersals. SATCO was required to ask him to look out of a window and see the reality. He gulped, and accepted reality ... he was a great Boss
It was a slow, but safe, generation exercise and IAW SOP
