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Old 17th Mar 2017, 16:56
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Originally Posted by Pure Pursuit
i was thinking more of infrastructure. The messes are both rammed, JR accommodation is, frankly, woeful and the infra on station is already very busy as it's not set up for the number of sqns that are actually there. So, unless they finance annexes to the messes and SLAM the JR accom, I think Waddo would be struggling...
I'm obviously not current (Waddington 81-83), but we coped with 4 full Vulcan squadrons and all their associated support.

I know there's now a collection of Squadrons/Units (6 badged squadrons, the Stn website says) but they're surely not on the scale of a full-blooded Cold War Vulcan squadron. Or has too much effort been expended in creating a structure to preserve number-plates, with the concomitant manning issues?
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