Airfield closures a cry from the past

hi everyone

With the current economic situation airfield land is really good for future development of eco towns etc heyford and cottishall etc.

the world is a volatile place and europe is looking as fragile as it has always been
it is true the times are changing but should we let all these so called cold war airfields go to housing you only need a look at the past to see how the uk only just survived thanks to the royal airforce in world war two.

It is time to try to stop the closures this government will stop at nothing to sell off land as it needs the money ! at the cost of the defence of this country.

This may seem a bit harse but history shows war follows recession i could well be wrong everyone thinks sucide bombers and nuclear what about conventional air attack?

Should we now be trying to stop the closurers of such places as fairford ??????

i would like some of your comments, call me crazy call me sane but i love my country and do not want to see anymore closures that would jepodise our future

just for the record i have no political assiation to any party just think enough is enough

cheers

I would venture the opinion that modern warfare of any kind just does not, and never will, require any more than a handful of airfields in this country.
But that's NOT to say that I approve of closures, I just understand the thinking behind them...

I must say I have to agree with Al. It is VERY SAD to witness the "destruction" of those great saviours of the UK and by implication Ireland. But the owners of of those properties, whether
government or private owners, will always want to maximise their potential profit. And as Al states, there is little need need for more than a handful of military airfields now or in the future.
Even without the massive economic down turn we are now experiencing, the cost of attempting to save even just a few of these airfields would be astronomical.

Hugo

hi heres

another one going benson safe but raf lyneham to close ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

when will the ruhbarb and custard learn ?

if things go a bit wobblely in the world once again we will be caught with our pants down

going for a beer while we still have apub left

cheers

Just stumbled on this thread. Strange how the likes of Little Rissington , Barkston Heath , Kirknewton and Kenley are still soldiering on. But Lyneham closed. Mind you I recall that it was policy to have "super bases". At one point they looked at closing down all the accomadation at Digby and having all single personnel living at Cranwell. They quickly realised Cranwell didnt have enough room.

Peter wrote:

In defence it makes sense to put all your eggs in a small number of baskets so that any potential enemy can cripple the RAF very quickly.

Hang on a minute, I think I spotted a flaw in the plan, I wonder if anyone else has

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Pete - You echoed my very sentiments (of over the last few decades)

I live near Sculthorpe now & each time I think what you've suggested, it makes me wanna vomit.

My sentiments, thoughts & feelings are EXACTLY the same for those TWO, HUGE 'Gargantuan' (by Royal Navy standards), "Super Carriers"

All that stupidity, all that horrendous investment....

TWO "Excocet", "Harpoon", or whatever else (Fk), they use thesedays (sorry, I'm not "up" on Anti-Shipping missiles) - and it'll all end in tears - Laughable !

Weapons dropped on Coningsby, Marham & Lakenheath (the three 'majors' I can think of, to hand, without Scotland) & again, the stuffing knocked out of us.

So narrow minded (in my view), you just couldn't make it up....... (Esp' "if" you were an observing Russian )


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Ah the super carriers that were built at Rosyth, remind me who was the MP for Rosyth until 2015!

A certain Mr B who took over from the other Mr B!