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- The Ministry of Defence announced on 6 September 2016 that the base is set to be closed. As of January 2024, the closure and disposal of the station is expected to take place from 2026. Flying activity ceased in July 2020.
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In the 1950s, RAF Coltishall was a designated a 'V-bomber dispersal airfield', which V bombers tasked with delivery of the British nuclear deterrent; the Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor, and Vickers Valiant, could use in the event of their home station being damaged by enemy action.
Jun 28, 2015 · Thirty-eight RAF bases in the UK have closed in the past 20 years as part the Ministry of Defence's "constant review of defence needs". But what happened to them after the military left?
During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF Kinloss, Leeming, Valley, Waddington, Wattisham & Lyneham ended their role from 1 March 1991, leaving Brize Norton, Manston, Leuchars and St Mawgan with the role.
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Scampton Holdings plans to preserve the heritage and atmosphere of the historic air base while sympathetically developing it to meet modern needs. (All via Scampton Holdings Ltd unless stated) The airfield opened at Scampton in 1916 as a 287-acre landing ground and six single-span hangars for the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b aircraft belonging to ...
The Red Arrows moved into Scampton in 1983 and are a familiar and popular sight in the skies over the local area. (Crown Copyright) CFS brought with it the RAF Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) The Red Arrows and the team remained at the base until it formally placed in ‘care and maintenance’ in 1995 as a cost saving exercise. It moved to nearby RAF Cranwell ...
The A46 Aerospace Corridor runs from the West Midlands up to the Humber and includes universities, industry and aerospace centres of excellence. Scampton Holdings’ business plan for the site envisages a single ecosystem comprising seven distinct zones to support the proposal. These are: 1 Space and Defence, 2 Business Incubator, 3 Education and Res...
The plan calls for the 600-acre site to be split into seven zones that form a single aerospace ecosystem. Scampton Holdings’ education and research zone forms an important part of its plan and aims to create a centre of excellence and what Wheeldon refers to as an “aerospace think-tank.” This is where academic organisations located along the A46 Ae...
Artists' impression of the finalised site, with new structures highlighted in orange. Elsewhere on site, the masterplan calls for the current Hangar 4 to initially be repurposed as an operational base for an aviation organisation potentially relocating from a nearby airport. This would include maintenance facilities and a fixed base operator. The a...
The plan includes the provisional allocation of new-build two- and three-bedroom ‘live/work’ units to enable families to grow new micro-businesses from scratch. Whereas so many former RAF airfields have disappeared beneath housing estates over the last few decades neither the WLDC or the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan call for any further housing ...
Plans for the site remain on track and local MP Sir Edward Leigh says that any use of the airfield to house asylum seekers would be temporary and not jeopardise the plans. As this feature was being prepared, news broke of a Home Office proposal to house asylum-seekers at Scampton. The area's Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh told the media that he h...
A vision for the future. Scampton Holdings claims the redevelopment of the site will bring in countless jobs as well as significant tourism income for the wider area. There is clearly a lot of work to do before the masterplan is completed and Wheeldon confirmed the development would take place over five distinct phases across a 12-15 year time peri...
The Ministry of Defence announced on 6 September 2016 that the base is set to be closed. As of January 2024, the closure and disposal of the station is expected to take place from 2026. Flying activity ceased in July 2020. History. Henlow was chosen as a military aircraft repair depot in 1917 and was built by MacAlpine during 1918. [3] .
Feb 6, 2024 · Greenham Common was decommissioned and designated as a public parkland in 1997, returning it to its pre-WWII status. While remnants of the old air base, including its Cold War control tower, remain, the land is now used by cows from local farms.
Apr 18, 2021 · In March 1944, the airfield was transferred back to RAF control. Two Lancaster squadrons from Oakington and Upwood in Cambridge transferred to the base to form No. 582 Sqn which operated between 1944 and April, flying 165 raids during which 28 Lancasters were lost.
