Yet wales has no front line fighter or strike squadrons… and RAF Leuchars is about 7 miles from Dundee, and 16 from Glenrothes.
Ahh yes, so when I don’t come around to your opinion, I’m a troll. Don’t worry, I’m used to that line of argument! In fact, Marc Sampaix has reminded me for about 6 years that I am a pathetic troll, I should go play orange and lemon with Jon Jake because we both are failures like the Eurofighter, that my mother is this that and the other. Really, you’re wasting your time trying to insult me into accepting your opinion over my own, you’ll just drive yourself insane trying, just like he did 🙂
Of course you are trolling over your ‘Scotland’ claims. Either that or you are completely naive about the history of RAF Lossiemouth and why certain units utilised the station.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/raflossiemouth/aboutus/history.cfm
‘Major changes took place in 1993 with the Buccaneer anti-shipping squadrons starting to be replaced by the Tornado. On 1 October 12(B) Squadron lost its Buccaneers but kept its squadron number-plate when re-equipped with Tornados. On 1 November, the Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit, renamed XV(Reserve) Squadron arrived from RAF Honington in Suffolk.
In April 1994, 208 Squadron was disbanded and was replaced by 617 Squadron, which transferred with their Tornados from RAF Marham in Norfolk. Although 48 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment left Lossiemouth for Honington on 1 July 1996, RAF Lossiemouth continued to be one of the busiest front-line stations in the RAF with 3 Tornado Squadrons, including XV(Reserve) Squadron, 16(Reserve) Squadron (previously 226 OCU) and ‘D’ Flight, 202 Squadron with their Sea Kings. This line-up continued until July 2000, when the Jaguars left for RAF Coltishall in Norfolk; however, with the increase in size of XV(Reserve) Squadron in 1999 following the closure of the Tri-national Tornado Training Establishment at RAF Cottesmore, the arrival of the Tornados of 14 Squadron from RAF Brüggen in January 2001, RAF Lossiemouth has become the busiest fast-jet station in the Royal Air Force. In May 2001, 51 RAF Regiment Squadron was reformed and now sits with 2622 Auxiliary Squadron under the newly formed 5 Force Protection Wing Headquarters at RAF Lossiemouth.
Your vision of placing operational Squadrons in Wales is completely ignorant. History and the threats faced dictated the location and continued use of RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Leuchars. In regards to national and NATO interests your ‘Wales’ vision brings nothing to the table. At RAF Lossiemouth the Tornado maritime strike Squadron was assigned to NATO (SACLANT) and it made perfect sense after drawdown of RAF Germany to locate Tornado GR at two main operating bases in the UK. It made perfect use of existing facilities and perfect for utilisation and management of a pooled fleet of Tornado GR.
TJ
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