The RAF already has an equivalent to this RN Bahrain facility, a few hundred miles to the SE.
Well that's hardly the textbook Base either, is it?!? For the amount of time that we've been there, the UK has totally failed to plan or invest in it; choosing instead to rely heavily on the other nations' facilities (much to their dismay!). The UK forces there are nicknamed "The Borrowers" by our coalition 'partners', and for good reason
