Submitted on Thursday 26th July 2018
Rejected on Tuesday 31st July 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Block the Ministry of Defence’s plan to close RAF Scampton, Lincs, in 2022
The Ministry of Defence is planning to close RAF Scampton in 2022, and sell off the land for a housing development.
RAF Scampton is currently home to the Red Arrows Aerobatic Team, which act as ambassadors of the UK Armed Services all over the world.
RAF Scampton is one of the few RAF stations to trace its history to the creation of the RAF in 1918.
During WW2 it was a Bomber Command base, and in May 1943 617 Sqdn flew the famous “Dambusters” mission from here.
In this, the centennial year of the Royal Air Force, it beggars belief that the MOD can be so oblivious to British military history and tradition as to contemplate disposing of an important piece of that history in such a cavalier fashion.
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