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<p>Thousands of people have turned out to march in support of a closure-threatened RAF base.</p>
<p>A high-profile campaign was launched to save RAF Lossiemouth in Moray amid fears that its fleet of fast-jet Tornados could be moved to England as part of the ongoing Westminster defence review.</p>
<p>The region has already been struck a blow with the cancellation of the new generation of Nimrods, which is likely to threaten nearby RAF Kinloss.</p>
<p>A report produced for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) earlier this year estimated the annual economic contribution of the bases, said to support 5,700 jobs, at more than £150 million.</p>
<p>Grampian Police said it estimated there were between 6,000 and 7,000 people at Sunday&#8217;s rally.</p>
<p>The Highlands Association Pipe Band led the march into Grant Park, home of the local football club, where Colin McGregor &#8211; the brother of actor Ewan McGregor and a former Tornado pilot who served at RAF Lossiemouth &#8211; introduced speakers including the First Minister Alex Salmond and Moray SNP MSP Richard Lochhead.</p>
<p>There were cheers and applause from people at the rally &#8211; said to be the largest ever seen in the area &#8211; as each vowed to continue the fight for the base.</p>
<p>Marchers held aloft placards with the slogans: &#8220;Save RAF Lossie&#8221; and &#8220;Fighting For Moray&#8221;.</p>
<p>They received cross-party support with the attendance Mr Salmond and the leaders of Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in Scotland, Iain Gray, Annabel Goldie and Tavish Scott.</p>
<p>The march set off from Muirton Road, yards from the main entrance to the RAF base. A worker at one of the bases in Moray, who wished not to be named and joined the march, said: &#8220;They need to keep it open. It needs to stay open otherwise Lossiemouth and Moray will be a ghost town. It will kill the Moray area. It&#8217;s what everybody is feeling whether they work in the bases or live in Moray.&#8221;</p>
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