Originally Posted by
Shackman
KPax re Clive Barracks:
The airfield might not be, and the ACO have just announced it will house one of the (few) retained cadet gliding Sqns. However, security will become a nightmare if it is to become a housing estate as announced locally. Nearest base - Shawbury, but I'm willing to bet the ACO had assumed they would continue to use their present hangars for storage during the week!
Don't bet on it. The sqns/site marked for retention were provisional and when I was in a meeting with Muddleton last week he said that the loss of at least one site was on the cards. With Wethersfield for the chop too, 10 sqns would presumably become 8 if no alternative is found. (And then 6 in 2019 when the Vigilants are retired and presumably Topcliffe is also binned because there's no need to keep it open for CFS/ BFT.)