RAF Wittering

RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station near Stamford, Lincolnshire. Although known as the 'Home of the Harrier', Wittering is currently home only to 20 Sqn, the Operational Conversion Unit flying the British Aerospace Harrier GR7/GR9 & T.10 aircraft. RAF Wittering has also been the home of Four Counties Gliding Club since 2005.

Order of Battle

No 42 (Expeditionary Support) Wing, comprising:

No 71 (Inspection and Repair) Squadron (based at RAF St Athan)
No 93 (Expeditionary Armament) Squadron (based at RAF Marham)
No 5001 Squadron
No 5131 (Bomb Disposal) Squadron


No 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing, comprising:

No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron
No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron
No 3 Mobile Catering Squadron
Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (based at MOD Boscombe Down)

Other Tenant Units :

No 1 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ
No 3 Squadron RAF Regiment
Air Support Role Office
Low Flying Operations Squadron
HQ South & East Midlands Air Training Corps
Careers Liaison Office (East Midlands)

Runway 08/26 2759 x 61 meters (9052 x 200 feet)
www.raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/aboutus/index.cfm
 military airbasemilitaryRAF - Royal Air Force
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wittering
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:  52°36'28"N -0°28'39"E

Comments

  • The Harrier ceased being a Hawker-Siddely aircraft as the GR3...the GR5/7/9 and T10 models plus the AV8A/B/C models are Boeing/BAe Systems aircraft.
This article was last modified 13 years ago