La base de RAF Lossiemouth ha sido salvada de los recortes del Ministerio de Defensa, a costa de cerrar RAF Leuchars. Tras una campaña apoyada por personalidades escocesas, Lossiemouth acojerá al Typhoon, y se convertirá en la única base de la RAF en Escocia.
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The RAF base at Lossiemouth has been saved following a Ministry of Defence about-turn but survives at the expense of RAF Leuchars being closed
After a significant public campaign to keep the Moray base open, the MoD has decided to rebase its Eurofighter Typoon fighters in Lossiemouth which will become Scotland’s sole RAF airfield.
The move will come as a blow to the air force and civilian personnel at Leuchars which was thought to have been safe from the axe as Typhoons had already deployed there.
But growing opposition to Lossiemouth’s closure, with pressure coming from Scottish politicians and celebrities, led the MoD to reconsider its position, defence officials told The Daily Telegraph.
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