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aircraft. By 1 April 1982 this work was completed, the buildings commissioned and RAF Stornoway was established once again in order to become a
Forward Operations Base. After sixteen years in this role and also the end of the Cold War, the station was finally closed on 31 March 1998 and reverted to
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Electronics Engineers and Technicians to review for performance improvement of each piece of equipment that was measured. The combined success of 112 S.U., BCDU at RAF Finningly and each of the aircraft's bases along with the Operations Research
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Horseman, Martin, ed. (March 1982). "New Air Base at Stornoway".
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Monitoring of RED SHRIMP performance before Exercise SKYSHIELD II
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on the site of a former golf course. It was home to various
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1192:. Harvard University Press. pp.
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1556:. UK: Ian Allan Publishing.
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1225:. London. Archived from
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1702:. UK: MacLehose Press.
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2011:List of RAF aircraft
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1914:RAF Chaplains Branch
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1653:. UK: Corgi Books.
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