Why would anyone who had left/retired possibly want to go back onto an RAF base?
I could understand it if we were talking about a US military establishment, where there is probably a bowling alley, excellent gym, cinema, supermarket with reduced prices (no state tax), hairdressers, tailors, etc...
In the case of the UK there is now a Costa Coffee run by the PAYD contractor! Oh, I was forgetting, you'd return to an RAF base for reunions of all those fleets that have been scrapped, Squadrons which have been disbanded, and the actual airfield itself is now probably either an Army barracks or an industrial site with an associated housing estate!!
Or maybe a solar panel field or wind farm!!
Edited to add: It appears that when mentioning facilities on US military establishments I forgot to mention the golf course and attendant clubhouse restaurant - my bad!!
Last edited by Biggus; 13th Oct 2015 at 14:49.