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Visiting RAF Lossiemouth: The RAF Shapes a Way Ahead

In terms of delivering military capability in the near term, it is about delivering the right configuration to the
right place at the right time.
This is the challenge being faced by the Typhoon Force Headquarters (the main operating bases such as
Lossiemouth effectively react to the tasking of the FHQ).
Wing Commander Peters highlighted that during his time at Abbey Wood, the structure was put in place to
make the requisite changes.
Here the Requirements Management staff and the engineering specialists of the RAF and MoD Civil Service
operated in close proximity to identify necessary changes and to find ways to get those changes
implemented.
“The requirements manager would walk 100 yards across the hall and say: “The Air Command customer
wants me to achieve this effect.
“Engineers, what can you do to deliver it?
“During my time at Abbey Wood, we were driving the P1EB modifications on the aircraft for UK needs for the
RAF.
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