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Aug 1, 2007 | 7:16 am

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Originally Posted by Jenbel

Last I heard, the Q flight were based down at one of the southern bases anyway, so we already have fighers at alert on a nearby airbase - constantly, and not just because he is flying. Whether we do anything additionally, I don't know. In a country the size of the UK, I'm not sure that he needs to have them 'on alert at the nearest airbase' - that's much more of a US issue!

Actually I meant around the world (but I can see where the confusion occured), I understand that when the US used to visit us the fighters at KEF etc. were on alert, and the same is true at the many USAF bases around the world. I think the KEF base has been decomissioned now.

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