RAF Stanbridge (Leighton Buzzard) | military, radio station

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RAF Stanbridge is an RAF station situated on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.
It is a satellite site of RAF Henlow and is one of the smallest RAF Stations having only two Station buildings and 24 married quarters. The base looks after the Supply Central Computer System[1].
It was part of a bigger site which was sold off by the MoD (Ministry of Defence) in 1999.
Prior to 1999, RAF Stanbridge was responsible for providing Communications Support to its now closed satellite site at RAF Edlesborough.
In the early 1970s RAF Stanbridge had satellite sites at RAF Bampton Castle (Receiver site), RAF Edlesborough (Transmitter site), RAF Greatworth (transmitter site) and RAF Stoke Hammond (Receiver site). Stanbridge was then known as the Communications Control Centre (CCC or CommConCent) and was the hub of the Defence Communications Network (DCN). The main building hosted Systems Control, a tape relay centre and later a Telegraphic Automatic Routing Equipment (TARE). The DCN connected sites all over the world by HF radio links using the two diverse transmitter sites and the diverse receiver sites. The Distant Terminals of these links included Canberra, Gan, Cyprus, Ottawa and Malta. Other UK sites involved were the RN site at HMS Forest Moor and RAF Oakhanger with its satellite earth-station.
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Coordinates:   51°54'37"N   -0°38'11"E

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  • I was serving at stanbrige /greatworth in 1972/3 as raf. Police . Any one remembering ?
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