Brampton Camp RAF Wyton (Brampton)

Brampton Camp RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force installation near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. Formerly the home of RAF Support Command, it now houses several elements of Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), which itself was a result of a merger between the Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) and the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), and provides a base for the Defence Security & Assurance Services and Defence Estates. It was part of the combined station RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow but this was disbanded on 2 April 2012 and the station was renamed Brampton Camp RAF Wyton losing its status as a RAF station and coming under the control of RAF Wyton instead.

Originally, RAFs Brampton, Wyton and Henlow were separate stations. However, in the mid-1990’s, with the closure of RAF Logistics Command then at Brampton, and the cessation of operational flying from Wyton, the 2 Stations amalgamated to become Brampton Wyton. Henlow joined the group in 2001, and brought with it RAF Stanbridge, to produce the largest station in terms both of both geography and number of personnel in the RAF. The Station stretched from Brampton and Wyton, around 7 miles apart, in the north, southwards around 30 miles to Henlow, and then westwards some 20 miles (towards Leighton Buzzard) to Stanbridge.

The Camp currently remains home to JARIC - The National Imagery Exploitation Centre, which produces intelligence from all forms of imagery, and provides trained and experienced Service personnel to provide intelligence in support of operations. However, this is also due to be transferred to the new Joint Forces Intelligence Group (JFIG)at RAF Wyton when completed in 2013, at which point the intention is that RAF Brampton Camp will then be de-commissioned, closed and the land put up for sale.

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