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29th Oct 2020, 12:12
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However, the MoD has confirmed there is “no intention to permanently base military aircraft at Leuchars” amid speculation that RAF squadrons could be relocated to Fife just five years after the RAF base was controversially closed and handed over to the Army.
In a Defence Infrastructure Organisation tendering document seen by The Courier which invites early stage engagement from contractors who may be interested in building new fuel storage facilities at Leuchars, it states that there is “now an appetite to increase usage of the airfield by UK military aircraft and other NATO partners both for exercises and operations, and to expand the use of commercial and business aircraft.”
However, the airfield at Leuchars continues to be used as a relief landing ground and exercise staging area, and, in non-Covid times, has been well used by private jets attending international golf tournaments in St Andrews, raking in £454,000 for the MoD in landing fees between 2008 and 2014 alone.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/1685236/appetite-to-increase-use-of-leuchars-airfield-but-no-permanent-return-of-raf-jets-confirms-ministry-of-defence/
However, the MoD has confirmed there is “no intention to permanently base military aircraft at Leuchars” amid speculation that RAF squadrons could be relocated to Fife just five years after the RAF base was controversially closed and handed over to the Army.
In a Defence Infrastructure Organisation tendering document seen by The Courier which invites early stage engagement from contractors who may be interested in building new fuel storage facilities at Leuchars, it states that there is “now an appetite to increase usage of the airfield by UK military aircraft and other NATO partners both for exercises and operations, and to expand the use of commercial and business aircraft.”
However, the airfield at Leuchars continues to be used as a relief landing ground and exercise staging area, and, in non-Covid times, has been well used by private jets attending international golf tournaments in St Andrews, raking in £454,000 for the MoD in landing fees between 2008 and 2014 alone.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/1685236/appetite-to-increase-use-of-leuchars-airfield-but-no-permanent-return-of-raf-jets-confirms-ministry-of-defence/