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Waddington
| Also known as: | RAF Station, Waddington / RAF Waddington / RFC Waddington / Wadd (nickname) / Waddington Aerodrome / Waddo (nickname) |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened November 1916 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC / RAAF / RCAF / USAS / USAF |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved, later paved (1943) |
| Prominent People: | John Nettleton VC |
- Branston and Mere Parish Council
- Harmston Parish Council
- Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Training Centre – Waddington Training Facility/Site
- RAF Waddington Golf Club
- RAF Waddington Heritage Centre
- Sentry Post Snack Bar – sited at The WAVE (Waddington Aircraft Viewing Enclosure) alongside north-east side of airfield
- The Horse & Jockey, Waddington
- Waddington HIVE
- Waddington International Airshow
- Waddington Local History Group
- Waddington Parish Council
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- AV Roe & Company (Avro)
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Aircraft Storage Unit
- No 1 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- No 1 ISR Sqn
- No 2 ISR Sqn
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No 3 Gp Practice Flight
- No 3 ISR Sqn
- No V (AC) Sqn
- No 5 RAF Police Sqn
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No 6 BAT Flight
- No 8 Force Protection Wing HQ
- No 8 Sqn
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No 9 Con Flight
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No 9 Sqn
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11th Aero Sqn
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No 12 Sqn
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No 13 Sqn
- No 14 Sqn
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No 21 Sqn
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No 23 Sqn
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No 27 Sqn
- No 27 Sqn RAF Regiment
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27th (Training) Wing
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No 34 Expeditionary Air Wing (ISTAR)
- No 39 Sqn
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No 44 Con Flight
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No 44 Sqn
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No 44 TS
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No 47 RS
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No 47 TS
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No 48 RS
- No 48 Sqn RAF Regiment
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No 48 TDS
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No 48 TS
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No 49 Sqn
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No 50 Sqn
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No 51 RS
- No 51 Sqn
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No 51 TS
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No 53 Base
- No 54 Signals Unit
- No 54 Sqn
- No 56 Sqn
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No 57 Sqn
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No 61 Sqn
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No 75 TS
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No 82 Sqn
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No 83 Sqn
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No 88 Sqn
- No 92 Sqn
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No 97 Sqn
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No 100 Sqn
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No 101 Sqn
- No 105 Sqn
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No 110 Sqn
- No 117 Sqn
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No 123 Sqn
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135th Aero Sqn
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No 142 Sqn
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No 203 Sqn
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No 204 Sqn
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No 207 Sqn
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No 230 OCU
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No 420 Con Flight
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No 420 Sqn
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No 463 Sqn
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No 467 Sqn
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No 503 Sqn
- No 616 Sqn RAuxAF
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No 617 Sqn
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No 1506 BAT Flight
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No 1661 HCU
- No 2503 Sqn RAuxAF Regiment
- No 2729 Sqn RAuxAF Regiment
- No 2890 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2956 Sqn RAF Regiment
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3914th ABS
- No 7006 Sqn RAuxAF
- No 7010 Sqn RAuxAF
- No 7630 Sqn RAuxAF
- Air Battlespace Training Centre
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Air Transport and Air-to-Air Refuelling Operational Evaluation Unit
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Air Warfare Centre
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DB-7 Flight
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Electronic Warfare Detachment
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Electronic Warfare Operational Support Establishment
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Ferrying Flight
- ISR Support Sqn
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Lincoln Conversion Flight
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Lincoln Reserve Holding Unit
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Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
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Nimrod AEW Joint Trials Unit
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RAF Waddington Popular Flying Group
- RAF Waddington Voluntary Band
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Sentry Operational Evaluation Unit
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Sentry Standards Unit
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Sentry Training Sqn
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Vulcan Display Flight
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Waddington Flying Club
The control tower at Waddington, 9 February 2011. © Richard Flagg
Runway 02:20, looking south from the runway 20 threshold, 9 February 2011. © Richard Flagg
Quick Reaction Alert Dispersals adjacent to the Runway 20 threshold, 9 February 2011. © Richard Flagg
Station Headquarters at Waddington, 9 February 2011. © Richard Flagg
Met Office building at Waddington, 9 February 2011. © Richard Flagg
Local Control Building (Side-by-Side Type) at Waddington, 9 February 2011. © Richard Flagg
Watch Office with Met Section at Waddington, 9 February 2011. © Richard Flagg
Watch Office with Met Section at Waddington, 2 July 2011. © Richard Flagg
Hangar 3, Type C Aircraft Shed at Waddington, 2 July 2011. © Richard Flagg
E-3 Maintenance Hangar at Waddington, 2 July 2011. © Richard Flagg
Engine Bay building at Waddington, 2 July 2011. © Richard Flagg
Main Stores building at Waddington, 2 July 2011. © Richard Flagg
Hangar 4, Type C Aircraft Shed at Waddington, 2 July 2011. © Richard Flagg
UNITER Building at Waddington, 2 July 2011. © Richard Flagg
A hangar at Waddington, 5 July 2014.
Avro Vulcans at Waddington, 1957. Courtesy of British Pathé
Spreading foam and water on the runway at Waddington, 1960. Courtesy of British Pathé
Avro Vulcans at Waddington. Courtesy of British Movietone
Plan of Waddington, 1918. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
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