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Old 15th Oct 2017, 11:21
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Lima Juliet
 
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The difference between Cranwell with what was elementary and basic flying trg, nav trg, NCA trg and ME trg plus CFS compared to Leeming’s 100 Sqn and weekend-heavy UAS/AEF is hugely differrent. Further, the Reds operated from Kemble for many a year. Everyone will have to put their glass slippers and sequinned handbags away and come up with a plan to work together. It’s a bit like the recent squabbling at Valley over MFTS’s Hawks and Texans - if you can’t operate a maximum of 28 Hawks and 10 Texans on a 5-day a week basis to output ~40 pilots a year then there is something wrong.

Unfortunately, sometimes the RAF forgets what busy used to look like! There used to be 4FTS (25+ Hawks), 74 Sqn (12+ Hawks), 19 Sqn (12+ Hawks) and CFS plus STCAAME (usually a 6 ship detachment of FJs work missile firings) plus SARTU (at least 3 helos) - that was in my time there and we were downsizing!
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