I did not think that my trip with Andy on his birthday last month was going to be this poignant.
I just saw this news flash on BBC TV.
The home of the Red Arrows air display team is to be sold off, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.
RAF Scampton, which was also home to 617 Squadron as they prepared for the Dambusters mission in World War Two, has housed the Red Arrows since 2000.
Six hundred people currently work at the site near Lincoln.
The MoD, which wants to save £3bn by 2040, is also closing RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire where 300 people work.
The government said RAF Scampton will close in 2022 with the Red Arrows relocating to a site "more fit for purpose".
for the full story see here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-44936234
Rob.
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