RAF Gailes

RAF Gailes
Fullarton, Ayrshire, in  Scotland
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force station
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Controlled by	Royal Air Force
Location
RAF Gailes Shown within North Ayrshire Show map of North Ayrshire RAF Gailes RAF Gailes (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	55°35′10″N4°38′56″W / 55.586°N 4.649°W / 55.586; -4.649
Site history
Built	1950 (1950)
In use	1950-1978 (1978)
Battles/wars	Cold War

Royal Air Force Gailes or more simply RAF Gailes is a former Royal Air Force ROTOR radar station in Ayrshire, Scotland.

History

RAF Gailes was built on the site of the earlier RAF Fullarton The buildings from the old GCI station were cleared by December 1950. ^[1]

The station was short lived, becoming redundant when RAF Killard Point (Northern Ireland) became operational, in September 1956. The Signals Unit at Gailes was disbanded and the station placed on care and maintenance. ^[1]

In 1962, the station was taken over by civilian staff from Air Traffic Control at Prestwick Airport. ^[1]

Gailes was finally closed in 1978 and the buildings demolished when the Radar station staff moved to Atlantic House in Prestwick. ^[1]

References

1. "RAF Fullarton and RAF Gailes". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2009.