Control Tower/Operations Building
United Kingdom /
Scotland /
Campbeltown /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ Scotland
/ Campbeltown
World / United Kingdom / Northern Ireland
military, control tower
The United States maintained a Navy SEAL commando unit here, a 20 person team known as Naval Special Warfare Detachment 1 (The other overseas Naval Special Warfare Detachments, 2 and 3 were based at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, and Subic Bay, Philippines) at the base and the Royal Marines occasionally use the facility for training exercises.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Machrihanish
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°26'2"N 5°41'56"W
- Campbeltown Airport 1.3 km
- Former RAF Nutts Corner 94 km
- Shackleton Barracks 94 km
- Former RAF Langford Lodge 97 km
- HMS Audacious (Wreck) 110 km
- Ballkinler Army Camp 131 km
- U-883 (wreck) 192 km
- Casement Aerodrome (Aeradróm Mhic Easmainn) 242 km
- Curragh Camp 265 km
- Glen of Imaal (Gleann Uí Mháil) 274 km
- Machrihanish Bay 2.6 km
- Skeroblin Hill 6.4 km
- Tangy Wind Farm 6.9 km
- Lussa Loch (Loch Lusaidh) 10 km
- Cara Island 22 km
- Gigha 28 km
- Beinn Bheigier 42 km
- Islay Airport 45 km
- Islay 51 km
- Loch Indaal 53 km