DSG Sealand

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Former RAF Sealand

DSG (Defense Support Group) is one of the largest defence equipment support providers in the country. It has 3000 personnel dedicated to the core mission of providing high-quality and cost effective support to the UK Armed Forces.

The Electronics Business Unit of the Defence Support Group (DSG) occupies part of the original Sealand site since the closure of the RAF station in 2006. The business unit is responsible for the repair and maintenance of Avionic equipment and operates as part of a Trading Fund of the Ministry of Defence.

The MOD has contemplated using the site for several different purposes, one of the most controversial was the idea to turn Sealand into an Emergency Prison to cope with over crowded prisons in England and Wales.Sealand's ranges are still used for shooting, where cadets from different services come to either compete or practice shooting.

Welsh Road, Sealand
Deeside, Flintshire CH5 2LS
Tel: +44 (0) 1244 847157
Fax: +44 (0) 1244 847190

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Former RAF Sealand

RAF Sealand was a former Royal Air Force station in Flintshire, north Wales and operated between 1916 and 2006. Under defence cuts announced in 2004 RAF Sealand was completely closed in April 2006. All remaining RAF units were moved to RAF Leeming.

Sealand was a communications support base for RAF operations around the world. It functioned as a third-line repair base for avionics equipment for all three services. No 631 Volunteer Gliding Squadron operated at Sealand between 1963 and 2006, most recently flying the Viking TMk1 conventional winch-launched glider.

In March 2006, 631 VGS relocated to RAF Woodvale to operate the Grob109b 'Vigilant' self-launched motorglider.