Skeleton, you clearly don't understand the concept of the FARP. It's a Forward Arming and Refuelling Point. It has to be somewhere where the ac can land and be re-supplied without the need to transit back to to main base - it's all about fast turnround to get them back to where they're needed - fast. There is also the ALARP, which depends on another ac fitted with refuelling kit and tanks, be it a C130 or Chinook or whatever to act as a fuel source.

The fact that the FARP is next to a runway is irrelevant - it could easily be a road, dirt strip, etc.

My Mum likes the Harrier because it always bows to her at airshows. She says the pilots are nice and sexy too and she always smiles at them when she sees them in Stamford High Street. She always wants to mother them because they look so young she says.

Therefore, I suggest we keep the Harrier to keep my Mum happy.

There sorted.

I think I know your mum.............