RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey

United Kingdom / England / Kirton in Lindsey /
 military airbase, military, RAF - Royal Air Force
Home to No.1 Air Control Centre (1ACC)the RAF’s only deployable ground-based early warning and air control radar unit, parented by RAF Scampton.; the Unit having relocated from RAF Boulmer in 2004-05. Kirton also provides accommodation and messing for personnel based at, and is administered by, RAF Scampton.

History : Former WWII airfield

Originally opened in 1916, and a 12 Gp Sector airfield in Fighter Command through the Battle of Britain, the station spent 40 years as ‘Rapier Barracks’ under Army control before returning to RAF ownership in 2004.

www.controltowers.co.uk/H-K/Kirton_in_Lindsey.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kirton_in_Lindsey
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Coordinates:   53°27'49"N   -0°34'26"E

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  • Now back in the hands of the Royal Air Force
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