Air Cadets grounded?

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Buckley Boy

That suggests basing on the ownership of the land/sites rather than geography/catchment.

New organisation being proposed:

Viking VGS

Halton - MoD owned - good central location and facilities
Kenley - Long term tenants (not MoD owned) - good central location
Kirknewton - MoD owned - the only Scottish location - really ??
Merry field - MoD owned - assume for Hullavington squadrons when it closes
Predannack - MoD owned - OK for Cornwall and extreme SW locations
Syerston - MoD owned - good central ocation and facilities (obvious)
Ternhill - MoD owned - OK central location for NW and Midlands
Upavon - MoD owned - OK for central South and good facilities
Wethersfield - MoD owned - good central ocation and OK for East Anlia (just)

Regional Centre - Viking & Vigilant

Little Rissington - MoD owned - Why ?? (except some new hangarage being built) weather here can be pants and local politics bad
Topcliffe - MoD owned - OK location for the North & NE and good facilities potentially. Airspace will go quieter when LoO closes

So it is the death knell for VGS at:

Henlow (MoD Owned - good facilities)
Odiham (MoD Owned - good facilities)
Lossie (MoD Owned - good facilities)
Honington (MoD Owned - good facilities)
Cosford (MoD Owned - good facilities)
Chivenor (MoD Owned - good facilities)
Saint Athan (MoD Owned - good facilities)
Woodvale (MoD Owned - good facilities)
Newtownards
Swansea
Arbroath RM Condor (MoD Owned - good facilities)

My opinion is that it's not the best basing strategy but equally not the worst. It leaves some of Extreme South East UK, Scotland, NI and Wales underprivileged IMHO

But it is a future. Any news on what the manning policy will be ??

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(If all this is true of course)