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Old 4th Oct 2016, 11:53
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Martin the Martian
 
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Looking practically at the airfield, and making use of Google Earth, I presume that two of the current Typhoon squadrons operate from the HAS sites and the other from the hardstanding adjacent to the control tower. Now, while I imagine a fourth operational Typhoon squadron could share that hardstanding and the OCU will presumably takeover the current Tornado OCU site, there seems a lack of room for a squadron of MPAs.

Unless they plan to shoehorn them into 202 Sqdn's now-vacant site.

Either way, Lossie will surely have to have a lot of work to accommodate all that the MoD want to put there, and with the availability of space elsewhere I do wonder if the P-8s will go somewhere else.

Incidentally, and out of curiosity, where did 8 Sqdn have their operating area at Lossie?
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