Chatham Dockyard was also to be closed as an operational base.

The six operational bases had some 21 launch brigades in 2005.

On 7 April, the operational base was in place, and the first experimental trip was made four days later, to test the wake.

There's an operational base somewhere, there must be, and we need a top Watchman to lead us to it.

So why not just pull out, if we're going to have to relocate our operational base whatever happens?

During 1943, changes of all aircraft types and operational bases were made.

This was applied once the aircraft reached its operational base.

"One thing people have learned is to build up their operational base to handle sales and redemptions," he said.

In 2006 the airline transferred its operational base to Trinidad.

Page Field was officially opened as an operational base on 25 April 1943.