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Record flights?

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Wasn't there a record-breaking transatlantic flight by an English Electric Canberra that took off from RAF Aldergrove? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Starviking (talk • contribs) 09:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rename?

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Need to decide whether this is an article on RAF Aldergrove, JHCFS Aldergrove, or both. At present it mixes titles, content and tenses. CS46 20:36, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RAF Aldergrove, as this is simpler, still by far the more WP:COMMONNAME and was the name for most of its history. Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove will only ever be a section within a broader overall article, so the name should stay with a more relevant name to the overall article. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Today the base is an AAC base. RAF Aldergrove is a defunct RAF base previously occupying the site. I think it's unhelpful and misleading for readers looking for the current base to be directed to that title. Maybe a split would be helpful? Rob984 (talk) 11:36, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:COMMONNAME, no-one is looking for "Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove" and the name still in use by everyone, pilots included, is either simply Aldergrove or RAF Aldergrove if they're not service. No-one, barring some bureaucrats, refers to it as a "Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station". Nor is its recent history under that name particularly notable.
Updating articles to track current names is one thing, but not when the new name is abstruse and ignored by those referring to the place. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:44, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
WP:COMMONNAME states "inaccurate names for the article subject, as determined in reliable sources, are often avoided even though they may be more frequently used by reliable sources". A google search for "JHCFS Aldergrove" returns 52,900 result. "RAF Aldergrove" returns only 18,900. The Royal Air Force refers to the station as "JHFS Aldergrove". Sources use "RAF Aldergrove" to refer to the now closed RAF station, not the current Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station. Like I said, if RAF Aldergrove has notability as a individual topic, maybe it warrants it's own article? I think it makes little sense to title an article about an AAC station with the name of a now closed RAF station previously occupying the site. Rob984 (talk) 19:53, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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