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| MOD CONFIRMS 40% LESS PERSONNEL AT KINLOSS |
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| Wednesday, 09 November 2011 00:00 |
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The MoD has confirmed details about the army unit which will be deployed at Kinloss in the wake of the decision to end RAF operations at the base. An MoD statement confirms that 39 Engineer Regiment (Air Support) will move to Moray from their current base near Cambridge in 2012.In total 930 army personnel will be relocated which represents a 41 per cent less than the unit establishment of the existing base. Commenting, Moray MP and SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said: “It is welcome that the army will move to Kinloss, however, the base will have a considerably reduced number of personnel. It is worrying that numbers will be 41 per cent down on the RAF unit establishment total at Kinloss. “Moray is the most defence dependent constituency in the country and the local economy and community has suffered terribly because of MoD cuts. “While welcoming the new army unit to Kinloss, many questions remainto be answered by the Ministry of Defence.”
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