Purpose

Question 1

Lossiemouth

Answer 1

QRA

Question 2

Coningsby

Answer 2

QRA

Training for Typhoon pilots

Question 3

Spadeadam

Answer 3

Electronic Warfare Tactics facility

Largest by land area, 9600 acres

Question 4

JHC FS Aldergrove

Answer 4

Reserve and University Air Squadrons

Question 5

Valley

Answer 5

Pilot training

Mountain and maritime mission training

Question 6

Shawbury

Answer 6

No 1 Flying Training School

Trains approx 1000 students every year

Question 7

Waddington

Answer 7

Second largest/busiest station

ISTAR hub

Question 8

College Cranwell

Answer 8

World’s first Air Academy
No 3 Flying Training School
Home to Recruitment and Selection

Question 9

Brize Norton

Answer 9

Largest station:
5800 service personnel
1200 contractors
300 civilian staff
Home to Strategic and Tactical Air Transport

Question 10

Northolt

Answer 10

Home to units from all three services

Home to The Royal Squadron

Question 11

High Wycombe

Answer 11

Major administrative support station

Acts as liaison between RAF and US Visiting Forces

Question 12

MOD Boscombe Down

Answer 12

Civilian operated airfield

Largest military runway in UK

Question 13

St Mawgan

Answer 13

Defence SERE training (Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract)

Defence SERE Training Organisation trains around 5000 personnel a year

Question 14

Benson

Answer 14

Helicopter main operating base

Home to National Air Police Service and Thames Valley Air Ambulance

Question 15

Akrotiri

Answer 15

Home of Cyprus Operations Support Unit

Griffins assist with S&R for Republic of Cyprus Police and National Guard Air Command

Question 16

Boulmer

Answer 16

Main operating unit for air defence

Core of operations is Air Surveillance and Control System (ASACS)

Question 17

Leeming

Answer 17

Trains, delivers and supports UK and overseas Expeditionary Air Operations.

Question 18

Flyingdales

Answer 18

Provides continuous ballistic missile early warning service to the UK and US governments.
Key to the Space Surveillance Network