I just added Odiham because I forgot the SH guys.
As I said earlier, I didn't know if the figure of 9 was flying bases, or all bases, and it wasn't my number, just one I'd heard quoted. As just one example, while flying training may be privatized, the RAF footprint at Cranwell is huge, I can't see that moving to one of the "flying bases". Then you have to define what do you call a "base"? How about Fylingdales or St Mawgan, as examples? Then there is Wittering, Boulmer, Scampton, Honington, etc, etc.....
Still, this is thread drift. My point was, re-opening St Mawgan as an RAF flying base for a small fleet of MPA/MMA is a non starter!