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Red Arrows to Waddington

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The only surprise is that we are keeping the reds. Scampton an historical place Guy Gibson, 617, the dog whose name we cannot mention, etc etc but with money to generate, land to sell, solar farms to create and houses to build coupled with a shrinking Air Force something had to give.
 
Says they will continue to train over the airfield. Once they've sold it though and it is turned into housing where will they go then?
 
Downsizer said:
As the title says, Red Arrows to move to Waddo...

www.bbc.co.uk

Red Arrows moving to RAF Waddington from RAF Scampton

The aerobatic team has been at RAF Scampton since 2000 but will move to nearby RAF Waddington in 2022.
www.bbc.co.uk
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From your link:
"The aerobatic team - formed in 1964 - has been at RAF Scampton since 2000 but will move to RAF Waddington in 2022"
I left Scampton 30 years ago and there were red jets flying around in formation then. High quality journalism?
 
That will be interesting, given the large amount of new houses being built around Waddo and the surrounding district. I'll expect there will be plenty of calls to the MoD about noise! I don't mind, free airshow!
 
Mustang said:
From your link:
"The aerobatic team - formed in 1964 - has been at RAF Scampton since 2000 but will move to RAF Waddington in 2022"
I left Scampton 30 years ago and there were red jets flying around in formation then. High quality journalism?
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They were based at Cranwell between 1995 and 2000, so it isn't wrong...
 
How long before the bitching about the airspace requirements. Too many eggs in one basket for me. Really thought Leeming, the homw of the Hawk, would have been a better option.
 
norfolkred1 said:
How long before the bitching about the airspace requirements. Too many eggs in one basket for me. Really thought Leeming, the homw of the Hawk, would have been a better option.
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Sentinel has finished flying, Sentry confirmed as wrapping up later this year. That leaves a couple of Airseeker and Shadow so not so busy anymore.
 
norfolkred1 said:
How long before the bitching about the airspace requirements. Too many eggs in one basket for me. Really thought Leeming, the homw of the Hawk, would have been a better option.
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We do seem to be binning an awful lot of hawks so you're probably way out on this one.

Are we actually going to have any aircraft left within a year or so?

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

UK to retire entire Hawk T1 jet fleet

The UK plans to retire its entire fleet of 76 Hawk T1 trainer aircraft.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk ukdefencejournal.org.uk
 
Talk Wrench said:
We do seem to be binning an awful lot of hawks so you're probably way out on this one.

Are we actually going to have any aircraft left within a year or so?

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

UK to retire entire Hawk T1 jet fleet

The UK plans to retire its entire fleet of 76 Hawk T1 trainer aircraft.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk ukdefencejournal.org.uk
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Taccy Ton, Red Arrows and 736 Naval Air Squadron jets to be retired.

I wonder what their replacements will be, or will they be disbanded ?
 
Barch said:
Taccy Ton, Red Arrows and 736 Naval Air Squadron jets to be retired.

I wonder what their replacements will be, or will they be disbanded ?
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Whilst many folk won't shed a tear if some money is saved by binning the Reds their airships and BAe seem to like the PR value of a pretty red display team no matter what the cost. If all the Hawks are retired then to continue the reds will need a new platform to play with at airshows. Not sure what we have on inventory that could do that? Without Hawks nothing to excitingly whizz jet is left on the training aircraft list and it wouldn't seem sensible to buy 10 of something just to paint them red and do airshows all summer.

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Tin basher said:
Whilst many folk won't shed a tear if some money is saved by binning the Reds their airships and BAe seem to like the PR value of a pretty red display team no matter what the cost. If all the Hawks are retired then to continue the reds will need a new platform to play with at airshows. Not sure what we have on inventory that could do that? Without Hawks nothing to excitingly whizz jet is left on the training aircraft list and it wouldn't seem sensible to buy 10 of something just to paint them red and do airshows all summer.

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After Shoreham and Covid what airshows will be left. The IAT is next for the chop leaving just Farnbrough.
 
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