RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow

RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow is a former Royal Air Force unit covering three distinct sites in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. The three sites, separately known as RAF Brampton, RAF Wyton and RAF Henlow, housed a number of flying training, intelligence, security and other RAF support organisations. On 2 April 2012 the unit was disbanded with RAF Brampton being renamed Brampton Camp RAF Wyton. ^[1]

History

In 2001, the three RAF stations were brought together under the one umbrella with one station commander. ^[2] RAF Stanbridge was brought into the agreement too, but was not formally noted in the tri-base name. ^[3] At that time, RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow represented the largest RAF base in terms of real estate and personnel. ^[4]

Based units (in 2012)

RAF Brampton (now closed)

• Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (Formally closed down mid-2012)
• Defence Security Standards Organisation
• No 73 (Huntingdon) Squadron Air Training Corps

RAF Wyton

• 57(R) Squadron
• Cambridge University Air Squadron
• London University Air Squadron
• 5 Air Experience Flight
• Defence Equipment and Support
• No 2331 (St Ives) Squadron Air Training Corps

RAF Henlow

• RAF Centre for Aviation Medicine
• Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
• Tactical Provost Wing (TPW)
• No 1 Specialist Police Wing
• No 8 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ
• No 2482 (Henlow) Squadron Air Training Corps
• No 616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron

References

1. "Dramatic Footage Shows Demolition of RAF Base". 13 January 2017.
2. "Air Officer Scotland: Air Vice Marshal Ross Paterson". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
3. Historic England. "RAF Brampton (1550941)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 1 February 2017.
4. "RAF Brampton Wyton gets new commander to oversee change". BBC News. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

External links

• Official RAF site

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