List of airfields of the Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
This is a list of airfields of the military aviation division of the British Army, the Army Air Corps, from 1 September 1957.
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Current airfields
[edit]| airfield | previous name | dates of AAC use | notes |
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| Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk | RAF Wattisham (Wattisham Airfield) |
1993 - | |
| Middle Wallop Flying Station, Hampshire | RAF Middle Wallop (Middle Wallop Airfield) |
1957 - | |
| Aldergrove Flying Station, Northern Ireland | RAF Aldergrove (JHC FS Aldergrove) |
1960s - | |
| Stirling Lines, Herefordshire | RAF Credenhill (RAF Hereford) |
2000 - | |
| RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), Somerset | 2015 - | ||
| RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire | 1996 - |
Previous airfields
[edit]Home bases and deployment airfields:
| airfield | country | previous name | dates of AAC use | notes |
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| Airport Camp, Ladyville | British Honduras (Belize) |
Northside of Runway[1] | ||
| Alanbrooke Barracks, North Yorkshire | England | RAF Topcliffe | 1970's–1992 | now used by 4th Regiment Royal Artillery |
| Atkinson Field | British Guiana (Guyana) |
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| Ballykinler, County Down | Northern Ireland | |||
| Belize Airfield, Ladyville | British Honduras (Belize) |
South side of Runway[2] | ||
| Bessbrook, County Armagh | Northern Ireland | |||
| Birdwood Barracks, Bünde | ||||
| Bournemouth Barracks, Soltau, Lower Saxony | Germany | |||
| Brunei Airport | Brunei | |||
| RAF Bückeburg | ||||
| Caithness Barracks, Verden | ||||
| Coypool, Plymouth | England | |||
| RAF Debden | ||||
| Dishforth Airfield, North Yorkshire | England | RAF Dishforth | 1992–2016 | now used by 6 Regiment RLC |
| Dhekelia Airfield | Akrotiri and Dhekelia | |||
| RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi City County | Kenya | |||
| Falaise Airfield, Little Aden | Aden (Yemen) |
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| Farnborough, Hampshire | England | |||
| RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | England | |||
| RAF Gatow | ||||
| Harewood Barracks, Herford | Germany | |||
| Hobart Barracks, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | |||
| Ipoh, Perak | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| Javelin Barracks, Elmpt | ||||
| RAF Kai Tak, Kowloon | Hong Kong (China) |
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| Kangaw Barracks, Sembawang | Singapore | |||
| Kermia | Cyprus | East of Mammari. | ||
| RAF Khormaksar, Khor Maksar | Aden (Yemen) |
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| Kirkee Barracks, Colchester | England | |||
| Kluang, Johor | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| Kuching, Sarawak | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| Kuwait Airport, Farwaniya Governorate | Kuwait | |||
| RAF Lakatamia, Nicosia District | Cyprus | |||
| RAF Leuchars | ||||
| Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh, County Tyrone | Northern Ireland | |||
| Long Pasia, Sabah | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| Magherafelt, County Londonderry | Northern Ireland | |||
| McMunn Barracks, Colchester, Essex | England | |||
| Airfield Camp, Netheravon, Wiltshire | England | RAF Netheravon | 1964–2012 | [3] now used by the Joint Services Parachute Centre |
| RAF Nicosia, Nicosia District | Cyprus | |||
| Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| RAF Oakington | ||||
| RAF Odiham | ||||
| Ogle Airstrip, Georgetown | British Guiana (Guyana) |
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| RAF Old Sarum | ||||
| Paroi, Seremban | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| Perham Down | ||||
| Piggery Ridge, Londonderry | Northern Ireland | |||
| Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh | ||||
| Quebec Barracks, Osnabruck | ||||
| Ripon Barracks, Bielefeld | ||||
| Salamanca Barracks, Soest | ||||
| Scout Base, Seria | Brunei | |||
| RAF Seletar | ||||
| Shackleton Barracks, County Londonderry | Northern Ireland | RAF Ballykelly | ||
| RAF Sek Kong, New Territories | Hong Kong | |||
| RAF Sembawang, North Region | Singapore | |||
| Seremban, Negeri Sembilan | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| Sharjah, Emirate of Sharjah | Trucial States (United Arab Emirates) |
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| Sha Tin Airfield, New Territories | Hong Kong | RAF Shatin | 1950s–1970s | |
| RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | England | |||
| Sibu, Sarawak | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| RAF St Angelo, County Fermanagh | Northern Ireland | |||
| St George's Barracks, Minden | ||||
| CFB Suffield, Alberta | Canada | |||
| Terendak, Malacca | British Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| Thumier (Habilayn), Radfan District | Aden (Yemen) |
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| Tofrek Barracks East, Hildesheim | ||||
| RAF Turnhouse | ||||
| Waterloo Barracks, Munster | ||||
| RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | |||
| Wilson Field, Nairobi | Kenya |
See also
[edit]- List of British Army installations
- List of Royal Air Force stations
- List of air stations of the Royal Navy
- List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies
- Lists of military installations
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 291.
- ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 286.
- ^ "Airfield Camp, Netheravon 1912-2012" (PDF). Army Air Corps Journal (52): 40–42. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
Bibliography
[edit]- Greenacre, John; Peters, Mike (2024). Ops Normal - The Authorised Operational History of the AAC 1957-2017. Vol. 1 (1957-79). Warwick, UK: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-804515-34-1.