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This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases , support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
Royal Air Force Police member with distinctive armband and white cap in 2011. A Royal Air Force Police Dog Handler attached to 42 Commando, on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan (2011). The RAF Police are responsible for the policing and security of all service personnel, much like their Royal Navy and British Army counterparts.
According to the Royal Air Force "RAF Menwith Hill is an integral part of the US DOD world-wide defence communications network. Its primary mission is to provide intelligence support for UK, US and allied interests." The site is a field station of the US National Security Agency (NSA), with personnel from other parts of the DOD also present.
The Defence School of Policing and Security is the training centre for the Service Police of the British Armed Forces including the Ministry of Defence.It consolidates training for the Royal Navy Police, Royal Military Police and Royal Air Force Police and the Ministry of Defence Police in one location, assuring consistent standards across the services.
Originally an RAF station, the site was later used as the headquarters and training centre of the Ministry of Defence Police until 2022. It now houses asylum seekers. It started as RAF Wethersfield opening in 1944 and during World War II it was used by the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces.
The Group's function was the control of Royal Air Force units operating from Gibraltar. [5] In late 1940 the Group was transferred to Coastal Command. [5] Later a joint RN/RAF Area Combined Headquarters was formed which commenced operations in early 1942. [6] RAF North Front opened in 1942 and RAF New Camp opened around the same
Royal Air Force High Wycombe or more simply RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It houses Headquarters Air Command , and was originally designed to house RAF Bomber Command in the late 1930s.
Location Notes Accolade: Rhodes Cancelled, part of the Dodecanese campaign, World War II. [11] Banner: 1969, August 2007, July Northern Ireland Military support to the Royal Ulster Constabulary/Police Service of Northern Ireland: Bolton: 1998: 2003: Southern Iraq: Part of Operation Southern Watch: Boomster: 2018, March 2018, March United Kingdom