July 20 2006 - The information contained on this page is now well outdated. As of January 2008, updates began again, leading to an eventual overhaul at some point in the future. G-fs

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Deactivated &/or sold off

Part of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency [DERA] as of July 1 2001, officially became known as QinetiQ [pronounced kinetic]. Many of the 80-plus laboratories, employing some 9,000 scientists, are now in the private sector. The UK government retains control of sensitive top secret sections of QinetiQ, such as the germ warfare laboratories at Porton Down, Wiltshire. What was left of DERA subsequently became known as Defence Science Technology Laboratory (DSTL). G-fs

Last updated Jun 06.2008

ENGLAND

AVON:

MoD Abbey Wood - nr Bristol [inc.1,100 Warship Support Agency (WSA) workers]
MoD Foxhill - nr Bath. Upgrade & refurbishment during 2001. Housing up to 1,800 defence workers
Defence Logistics Organisation - Ensleigh, nr Bath
MoD Pinesgate - nr Bath [to be sold]
MoD Warminster Road, Bath [to be sold]

BEDFORDSHIRE:

>RAF Chicksands - USAF SatCom Facility. RAF Sigs/Photo Interp
Army Chicksands - nr. Bedford. Intel Corps HQ, Def Intel & Security Centre (D.I.S.C.) + British Naval Intel Center
DERA/QinetiQ - Bedford
Barford St John - nr. Banbury. Joint RAF/USAF
RAF Bicester
RAF Cardington - Non-operational airfield. Retains former airship hangars.
RAF Henlow - Electronics - HQ CSE + Provost and Security Services
RAF Stanbridge - RAF Logistics Computer Centre. Sat of Henlow
Institute of Technology - Cranfield

BERKSHIRE:

Unspecified base (secret) - Henley, near Reading
Unspecified Base (secret) - Watchfield
AWE Burghfield - Mfg nuclear warheads for shipment via road to RAF + Trident Submarine Bases
Atomic Weapons Research Estab - Aldermaston
Atomic Energy Commission - Harwell
RAF Thatcham - UK Natl Dist Agency
Royal Naval Base - Bush Barn
Army - Arborfield Garrison. Mostly training & support
RAF Welford - NW of Newbury. One of MoDs most sensitive sites. Huge underground munitions store, mostly used by US military.
>RAF Bracknell - Temp site for Joint Service Command. Closure 2000

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:

RAF High Wycombe - ADOC HQ Strike Command, #1 Grp: strike/attack
Army - Cheddington
Rocket Propulsion Establishment Research Centre - Westcott
RAF Halton - Training + Guided Weapons School & Southern Region Provost and Security Staff. Has ghost, "Graceful lady"
RAF Naphill -

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:

RAF Molesworth - nr. Huntingdon. UK/US Joint Analysis Center [JAC]
Army - Bassingbourn
RAF Brampton - Wyton. HQ Logistics Command
RAF Alconbury - nr Huntingdon
RAF / USAF Upwood - Upwood
RAF Wittering - nr Peterborough, No 3 Squadron RAF Regiment, No 20 (Reserve) Squadron, Harrier GR.7s & T10s

CORNWALL:

GCHQ / NSA Morwenstow - Joint operated SatCom monitoring station
RAF St Mawgan - nr Newquay. No.3 Maritime HQ, Tornados, Nimrods + SAR Sea King HAR3s (Airfield ops termination 12.08)
Goonhilly Downs - Satellite Communications ( BT + ? )
Portreath - Sat of St Mawgan. No.405 Sigs Unit (Navigation Air Defence Radar Station)
Predannack - Satellite of RNAS Culdrose. No.626 V.G.S. - Viking TX.1. [RN]
RNAS Culdrose - Helston. Largest heli base in W. Europe. 5 heli sq + [80 a/c in all]
HMS Raleigh - Torpoint. RN basic training centre

CUMBRIA:

DERA/QinetiQ - Eskmeals nr Sellafield. Weapons testing facility & still operational
Irton Moor - NSA Sigint
RAF Brampton - Subsidary Log Comm units etc
RAF Spadeadam - Electronic Countermeasures Range [no a/c]
MoD Anthorn

DEVON:

Remote Ammunitioning Facility Tamar (RAFT) - Bull Point, Plymouth. Weapons loading jetty for nuclear-powered submarines.
RAF Chivenor - Braunton. Marines. No.s 624/22 Sqn + SAR Sea King Helicopters
HM Naval Base Devonport - Plymouth. Largest Naval Base in West Europe
RN Barracks - Stonehouse, nr Plymouth
HMS Cambridge - Wembury, nr Plymouth
Mountain and Artic Warfare - Plymouth RN Lympstone - Devon. Poss. u/g @ Sandy Bay, Exmouth
Army - Lulworth. Firing Ranges
Army - Okehampton. Training area
Army - Willsworthy. Firing range

DORSET:

Poole - HQ Special Boat Squadron [SBS]. Approx 100 men
Royal Corp Signals HQ - Blandford [serve also in Cyprus]
Royal Armoured Corp Centre - Wareham
Army - Wyke Regis. Training area
Wool - Training area
>RNAS Portland - Undergoing closure. All a/c [140] transferred to RNAS Yeovilton Jan '99

ESSEX:

MOD Wethersfield - HQ MOD Police [fomer USAF base] Former RAF Matching - nr Harlow
Former USAAF Little Walden - nr Saffron Walden
Army - Colchester Garrison. Inc Airmobile Brigades & Air Defence
Qinetiq - Newlands Battery, Shoeburyness and Foulness weapons testing complex [army]

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:

GCHQ/NSA Chelteham - (Sigint) Construction underway of new £350 millionfacility located at nearby Benhall, Cheltenham. Completion of new 40 acre eavesdropping site is Spring 2003.
RAF Fairford - nr Cirencester. USAF Europe. Inc B52 + Stealth Bomber
RAF Boddington - No.9 Signals Unit + TARE HQ [CLOSED DEC 2007]
RAF Hullavington - No.621, No.625 V.G.S. - Viking TX.1.
RAF Innsworth -. HQ RAF Training
British Army - Ashchurch

HAMPSHIRE:

Royal Aircraft Research Establishment - Farnborough
RAF Oakhanger - Mil SatcomUK, No.1001 Sigs + NATO Sat grnd term
Fort Southwick - nr Portsmouth. Main comms site adjacent to DERA comms. intercept site
QinetiQ - Farnborough HQ
RN Fleet HQ - Whale Island, Portsmouth [Future location]
Gosport - Large Naval stores inc. hospital
Royal Logistics Corps (RLC) - Marchwood, Southampton. Military port
Fort Monkton - Gosport. Inc. Submarine Escape Training Tank. Possibly also used by MI5/6 for training purposes
BAe - Hurn, 4m NE Christchurch
Army -. Aldershot Garrison inc. Airborne Brigades
Army .- Andover Garrison.
Army Training Regt - Winchester
Army Training Regt - Pirbright
School of Army Aviation - Middle Wallop. HQ. Gazelle, Squirrel, Lynx helis
Army - Worthy Down
Bramley - Former bomb/ammo depot now training area
Radio Research Station - Chilbolton, nr Aldershot
RAF Odiham - Nos.7, 18 & 27 Sqns. Transport. Chinook HC2s [40]
RN Research Station - Lea-on-Solent, 4m WNW Portsmouth
P> HEREFORD & WORCESTER:

Credenhill [former RAF base] - nr. Hereford.
Home to made up of 4 squadrons [50 men each] of Special Air Service [22nd SAS] since May 1999.
QinetiQ - Pershore [MoD]
Royal Radar Establishment - Defford

HERTFORDSHIRE:

BAe - Stevenage. Builds missiles and electronic equipment for a/craft
Army Training Regt - Bassingbourn

HUMBERSIDE:

Cowden - East Coast Bombing Range
RAF Leconfield - Sole air use by Search & Rescue HAR3 helicopters over North Sea

KENT:

QinetiQ - Fort Halstead. Regarded by some as a stealth research facility
Army - Ashford. Templar Barracks. Defence Intelligence and Security School
Ash - Part of Manston. Radar + Air Warfare for ADGE
Rochester - Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal School
RAF Biggin Hill - Westerham
RAF Manston - Ramsgate - no a/c
Army - Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe Camp, Folkestone
Army - Lydd. Training area
Royal School of Military Eng - Chatham
>RAF Alconbury - Deactivated. Site sold for development

LANCASHIRE:

RAF Waddington - Elec Recon + E/Warning, Nimrod R1s, Sentry AEW1s (+ NATO use)
BAe Warton - R&D. Upgraded fac. linked to 'HALO' stealth a/craft project
Samlesbury - No.635 V.G.S. - Vigilant T.1.
RAF Woodvale - University Air Squadrons

LEICESTERSHIRE:

RAF Cottesmore - Oakham, nr Leicester, Tornado GR1
Army - North Luffenham, nr Oakham. SpecOps training inc. SAS, SBS + US mil
Army - Loughborough. Communication and Security Group (U.K)

LINCOLNSHIRE:

RAF Waddington - nr Lincoln. Electronic & A/Warfare. AWACS E-3D + Nimrod + Reaper drones
RAF Barkston Heath - Relief Landing Ground for Cranwell + training
RAF Binbrook - nr Lincoln
RAF Coningsby - nr Lincoln Nos. 3, 5, 11, 17, 29 & 56 [Top Gun] Sqns, 43 Typhoon F2s replaced Tornado F3s June '07 (UK Air Defence)
RAF Cranwell - nr Sleaford, Air Warfare Centre + air training
RAF Digby - nr Scopwick. Inc. USN/USAF/US Army. No. 399 Sigs Unit
Donna Nook - nr North Somercotes. Bombing range
RAF Holbeach - Wash offshore bombing range
RAF Honington - Depot (no a/c)
RAF Wainfleet - All Saints. East Coast bombing range
Army - Kirton-in-Lindsey. 22nd Air Def. Reg
>RAF Scampton - nr Lincoln, Earmarked for closure

Grt LONDON [inc Middlesex]:

Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) - Analyses intel information from GCHQ, MI6 and the MoD.
Northwood - Main MOD Ops [Whitehall HQ2] / NATO / Trident [nuke] Ops Centre. Large u/grnd. facility of 3 levels.
RAF Bentley Priory - CLOSED May 30.08
RAF Uxbridge - HQ Military Air Traffic Ops (NATO)
RAF West Drayton - Military ATC
RAF Kenley - No.615 V.G.S. - Viking TX.1.
RAF Northolt - Ruislip. VIPs & Royal, BAe 125s, 146s
>RAF Stanmore Park - HQ no11 Strike Com (air def). Closed '98. Transf to Bentley Priory

NORFOLK:

RAF Feltwell - Electronic warfare, space surveillance station for NSA
RAF Marham - Nos 2 & 13 Sqns, GR1A Tornado (Tac Recon) + Canberras
RAF Neatishead - Radar Site
RAF Swanton Mornley - nr Dereham
Army - Thetford. Training area

NORTHUMBERLAND:

RAF Boulmer - nr Alnwick. Radar site. No.1 A.C.C.,H.Q. No.202 Sq: Sea King HAR.3
Army - Alnwick. 'Z' Company
Army - Ashington. 'Z' Company
Army - Otterburn. Artillery training area
RAF Brizlee Wood - Remote Radar Head (RRH), Air Surveillance and Control System (ASACS) Force Command Type 93 Radar.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:

RAF Syerston - Cadet training
RAF Newton - nr Nottingham. air training
Army - Nottingham. Inc Sect of 2nd Military Intell Co
BAE Systems Royal Ordnance (RO) - Nottingham

OXFORDSHIRE:

RAF Brize Norton - Nos.10, 101, 216 Sqdns, VC10 tanker / transp base. TacComm Wing etc
RAF Abingdon - Abingdon
RAF Bampton Castle - Sigs units, HF Comms - Parented by RAF Brize Norton
RAF Benson - 28 (AC) Squadron, No.78 Sqn, Merlin Mk3a and a Merlin Mk3 Helicopters
RAF Shrivenham . RMS of Science + Def Info Tech
Weston-on-the-Green - Sat. of Brize Norton. Parachute Drop Center
Joint Army / RAF / USAF - Bicester
USAF Upper Heyford -
British Army - Abingdon. 3rd Close + 4th General Supp. Reg. Dalton Barracks
Atomic Energy Commission - Culham

SHROPSHIRE (SALOP):

British Telecom - Oswestry. BTs secret switching/tapping center

RAF Cosford - No.8 A.E.F.,No.633 V.G.S. - Vigilant T.1.
RAF Shawbury - nr Shrewsbury, Defence Helicopter Training School + Cent. ATC School
RAF Tern Hill - Def. Helicopter Training + No 632 VGS Vigilant T1s
Unspecified Base - Bridleway Gate
Unspecified Base - Chetwynd
Army - Nesscliffe - Training area

SOMERSET:

GCHQ Culmhead - nr Taunton. Sigint/Long Range Technical Search and DF. Incorporates Central Training School for radio officers. Short specialist courses run for the Forces.
RNAS Yeovilton - Sea Harrier FA2s/T4N/T8s + Sea King HC4, Linx, Gazelle, Puma & Chinook Helis [140+ a/c]. Harriers move to East Anglia 2006. Base becomes 'Rapid Response' in 2004, inc. Tornado's & eventually Eurofighter a/c
RN Norton Manor Camp - nr Taunton
St Thomas' Head - off Weston-super-Mare. 11-acre weapons-testing site operated by QinetiQ

STAFFORDSHIRE:

RAF Stafford - Being replaced by Beacon Barracks housing 700 army personnel
Army - Leek. Training camp
Army Training Regt - Lichfield
Army - Swynnerton. Llansilin Firing Range

SUFFOLK:

RAF Feltwell - US 5th Space Surveillance Squadron [BMEWS]
RAF Mildenhall - Use by USAF Europe. Inc 352nd Special Ops Grp [7th, 21st and 67th SOS]
Martlesham Heath - BT Labs. Used by UK Govt to examine every new comms product
RAF Honington - nr Bury St Edmonds. Air Warfare Centre Surface-to-Air Weapons O.E.U.,
RAF Lakenheath - Currently used by USAF in Europe
RAF Wattisham - Ipswich. RAF ATC. No.22 Sqn SAR, Sea King HAR3s

SURREY:

BAe Dunsfold - Maint. & repair of Harrier GR..7 a/c
Royal School of Military Eng - Minley

WARWICKSHIRE:

Army School of Ammunition - Kineton. Bomb/ammo depot, inc. large railway system

WILTSHIRE:

Corsham Computer Centre - nr Bath.
In reality a military 'black project' nuclear underground command centre
QinetiQ - Larkhill [MoD]
QinetiQ, Porton Down - [Army] Chemical & Biological Defence [CBD] Estab
Winterbourne Gunner - Jnt Svcs Defence Nuclear Biological & Chemical Centre
Aircraft & Armament Experimental Establishment - Boscombe Down
QinetiQ Boscombe Down - Amesbury, nr Salisbury. Air Warfare, DETO
Defence Communications Services - Basil Hill, nr Corsham [under development in 2001]
RAF Colerne - nr Bath. No 1001 Sigs
RAF Hulavington - nr Chippenham
RAF Lyneham - nr Chippenham. TacTransport, Hercules C1, C3s [Sched. for closure 2012]
Army / RAF Upavon - nr Pewsey. No 622 VGS
Royal School of Artillery - Larkhill
Radio Research Stn - Blakehill Farm, nr Cricklade
Army Air Corp - Netheravon, Old Sarum
Army - Lyneham. 47 Air Desp Sqn
Army - Colerne. Sigs
Army - Trowbridge. Fwd Air Cont Troop
RN Estab - Wroughton, nr Swindon
Lavington - MoD P.E.
>RAF Rudloe Manor - Hawthorne, MoD Comms N/work, linked with UFO reporting [closed + 42 acre site sold off, poss. hotel]

WORCESTERSHIRE:

QinetiQ - Malvern. Wide-ranging research inc., jamming, radar detection and electronic warfare. Encryption, computer security & hacking, lasers, lcd & night vision research. Secure comms satcomms and data links. Stealth, UAVs & possibly [uncorroborated] Teleportation research.

YORKSHIRE:

GCHQ / NSA [RAF] Menwith Hill - 7 miles west of Harrogate. Known to NSA as field station F83 and by workers [1600 US and 370 British] as "The Hill", it is also a BMEWS Site linked to USSC, Colorado Springs
RAF Fylingdales - nr Pickering. NSA Phased array radar [BMEWS]
Forest Moor NMC - (Nav/Nat Mil Comms] adjacent to above.Main trunk route for all Naval SatCom
Irton Moor - nr Scarborough. Secret base with NSA connections
RAF/Army Catterick - nr Richmond. Garrison. Inc Section of 2 Millitary Intelligence
RAF Church Fenton - No.9 A.E.F., Relief landing ground for Linton-on-Ouse
RAF Linton-upon-Ouse - nr York, Pilot training, CFS Tucano T1 Squadron. Slated for closure.
RAF Topcliffe - Satellite of RAF Linton-on-Ouse
RAF Dishforth - Army Air Corp Heli base
RAF Leeming - Leeming Bar, Northallerton. Panavia (Mfg) Tornado F3 (Maritime Air Defence) + 100 Squadron Hawks

SCOTLAND

QinetiQ - West Freugh, nr Stranraer. SatCom Grnd Station + a/field + firing range
ATC Prestwick - Ayrshire. HQ Mil Air Traffic Ops
Coulport - Loch Long. Underground facility for storing atomic bombs
RAF Leuchars - Fife, Nos 43 + 111 Sqn, Tornado F3s. 2007 runway upgrade.
Brora - NSA Sigint
Hawklaw - NSA Sigint
RAF Machrihanish - nr Cambeltown, Argylleshire, long runway, NATO base. RAF reports station "under enhanced care and maintenance status".
Army - Garelochhead , Helensbrough. Army Training base - connected to Faslane Naval base.
Royal Navy Clyde Sub Base - Faslane, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, (nuke sub base)
RN Coulport - nr Faslane. Storage of warheads
Glen Douglas arms depot - nr.Faslane
RNAS Prestwick - UK det. 819 Sqn. Sea King HAS6 SAR
Arbroath - No.662 V.G.S. - Viking TX.1. [RN]
Army - Benbecula, Outer Hebrides. Artillery testing area + Radar. No 71 Sigs Unit
Camp Wrath - Southerland. Firing range used by US Navy
Crombie - Integrated Weapon Complex joint RAF/RN missile maintenance
Dundrennan [MoD] - nr. Kirkcudbrightshire. Experimental weapons range [tank ammo depleted uranium weapons testing 2008]
Garvie Island - RAF bombing range off NW Scotland
Greenock War HQ - Greenock
Inchterf (MOD P.E.) - nr. Kirkintilloch. Directorate of Proof & Experimental Estab., of D.E.R.A.
Saxa Vord - Radar site. No 91 sigs unit
St Kilda - Outer Hebrides. Artillery tracking stn
RAF Buchan -. nr Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Closed 2006.
RAF Kinloss - Forres, Moreyshire, All Nimrod MR2s + ops r/station at Aird Uig, W. Isles
Army Air Corp - Leuchars. Gazelle heli
RAF Linton - Borders of Eng / Scot
RAF Lossiemouth ..... Morayshire, Tornado GR1B, Jaguar GR1As (Maritime Strike) + SAR Sea King HAR3s
Prestwick - Scottish ATC Center
Rosehearty - RAF Weapons Range
Train - Bombing Range, Moray Firth
Army - Arbroath, Angus
Army - Ballater. Royal Guard [guard Royals at Balmoral Castle]
Army - Barry Buddon Barracks, Angus. Training Camp
Army - Cullybragan. Training
Army Training Regt - Glencorse. Penicuik, Midlothian
>RAF Stornoway - Decommissioned / Closed in March 1998

Britain's atom bomb store at Coulport in Scotland. Sixteen massive bunkers have been gouged out of the ridge overlooking Loch Long. This building can store more than 100 atom bombs in underground vaults behind airlock doors. It is used as a temporary holding bay when the bombs arrive at Coulport. They are then moved to a jetty and loaded onto Trident submarines.

WALES

Army [Brawdy] - Pemb. Former RAF base linked to UFO investigations. Conducted underwater sound surveillance also.
QinetiQ - Aberporth, Dyfed. Currently trial site for doppler [pulse] radar tracking + weapons training Cardigan Bay.
QinetiQ - Llanbedr [MOD] - Operational airfield inc. Hawk a/c. Launches target drones from here
RAF St. Athan - nr Barry, Sth Glamorgan, Harrier GR.7, Viking TX1, Tucano T1 + RAFs only aircraft maint unit
RAF Pembrey Sands - Carmarthenshire, Sth Wales, bombing + firing range
RAF Sealand - Mostly maintenance
PATA - Pontrilas Army Training Area - 10 miles SW Hereford. Inc air exclusion zone. Possible exclusive SAS use.
Army - Abertillery. Inc Air Defence Regt
Army - Aberystwyth
Army - Epynt. Training area
Army - Manorbier. Royal Artillery firing range
Army - Penhally. Training area
Army - Sennybridge Training Area, Brecon
Navy - Castlemartin. Test range for US/UK aircraft [naval?]
Pendine, west Wales. Munitions testing [firing range]
MoD - ATC Base, Llanbedr, Gwynedd

ANGLESEY

RAF Valley - nr Holyhead. 22nd Sq S&R Sea King HAR3 + Air Guided Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit (AGWOEU)
RAF Mona - Diversion runway for Valley

NORTHERN IRELAND

Army HQNI - Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
Intelligence Center - Ladas Drive, Castlereagh, Belfast
GCHQ (eavesdropping) sub-base - Island Hill, Comber
GCHQ (eavesdropping) sub-base - Gilnahirk, Belfast
British Army - Torr Head, Ballycastle. Radio comms facility
RAF Aldergrove - Nos. 3, 72 & 230 Sqdns, Wessex HC2, Puma HC1, Chinook
Army - Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry
Army - Drumadd Barracks, Armagh
Army - Bessbrook Mill Airfield
Royal Navy - Oxford Island. Main comms & radar
>RAF Bishop Court - Decommissioned Radar Site

UNKNOWNS

>Government Technical Assistance Centre [GTAC] - Yet to be constructed is a $40 Million surveillance center probably specializing in unscrambling coded Internet messages
Raucebury - ???
Longcross MOD Test track- ???
Long Valley - ???
Miley Woods - Training area ???

Aircraft in Current RAF / RN / ARMY
[+ others] Service

Specialist [helicopters]

• MC-130H Combat Talon II *
• MH-53J Pave Low *
• MC-130P Combat Shadow *
• Agusta 109 *

* Talon II used by 7th SOS [U.S.]
* Pave Low used by 21st SOS [U.S.]
* Combat Shadow used by 67th SOS [U.S.]
Above three Specops squadrons form part of
U.S. 352nd Special Operations Group based at RAF Mildenhall.
* Agusta 109 used by Special Air Service [SAS] Counter Revolutionary Warfare Wing

Offensive

• Typhoon F2
• Harrier GR7 / T10
• Jaguar GR1B / T2A (All retired as of Jan 2008)
•Tornado GR1 / GR1B / GR4

Defensive

• Boeing E3-D 'Sentry'
• Hawk T1A
• Tornado F3

Reconnaissance and Maritime Patrol Aircraft

• Canberra PR9 / T4
• Nimrod MR2 *
• Nimrod R1
• ASTOR Sentinel R-1
• Tornado GR1A

* nb: Nimrod MRA4's [built by BAe] will become the RAF's next-generation maritime patrol and attack aircraft capable of detecting the new 'stealth' submarines

Tanker and Transport Aircraft

• Hercules C1 / C3 / C-130K / C-130J *
• Tristar C2 / K1 / KC1
• VC10 C1K / K2 / K3 / K4
• C-17 Globemaster III *

* nb: C-130J is a replacement for the C-130K and RAF Lyneham, Wilts., received the first batch in the UK on Nov.25 1999
Six Boeing C-17 Globemasters are in use by the RAF, based at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.

Smaller Transport Aircraft [Royal/Government]

• BAe 125 CC2 / CC3
• BAe 146 CC2
• Twin Squirrel Helicopter

Helicopters

• Apache WAH-64 *
• Chinook HC2
• Merlin EH101 RN
• Puma HC1
• Sea King AEW2 *
• Sea King HAR3 *
• Sea King HAS5 + 6 *
• Wessex HC2

* nb: The Army took delivery of the first of 67 WAH-64 Apache in March 2000. It will form part of the Armed Forces' new Joint Helicopter Command which will be responsible for 16 Air Assault Brigade.
RN Sea Kings will eventually be replaced by the new Merlin. Bigger & faster, it first entered service on Dec 1/98 with RNAS Culdrose. Its role is mostly anti-submarine and Culdrose will receive 44 of these craft.

Training Aircraft

• Bulldog T1
• Dominie T1
• Firefly M260
• Hawk T1
• Jetstream T1 + T2
• Tucano T1
• Griffin

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