I keep trying to find some logic in the decision, and feel that we have really scored an own goal. I cant see that the long term savings and benefits outway the disadvantages of closing one of the most successfull, happy and capable RAF stations.
I dread to think how much money needs to be spent on Brize to bring it up to scratch today, let alone over the next 10 years to make way for all those personnel, aircraft and support infrastructure. The sad thing is we all know it will be done on the cheap by some half arsed contractor, and in such a way that it will only meet an already outdated requirement. At least we have the MOD to help us as they have a long tradition of constructing fantastic contracts that deliver on time and budget.
I cant think of a single Nation that would decide to put all their AT/AAR assets in one Station, and at a time when expeditionary warfare seems to be our bread and butter.