UK Major Flying Bases

Question 1

Lossiemouth

Answer 1

Role: QRA North, maritime patrol, AEW+C, global ops
Typhoon - 1 2 6 9 x107
P8 - 42(OCU) 120 201 x9
E7 - 42(OCU) 8 x3 on order 2025

Question 2

Coningsby

Answer 2

Role: Typhoon main operating base and QRA South
Typhoon - 3 11 12 29(OCU) x 107

Question 3

Brize Norton

Answer 3

Role: Air mobility force, air transport and AAR
Voyager - 10 101 x9
A400M - 24(OCU) 30 70 x22
C17 - 24(OCU) 99 x8

Question 4

Waddington

Answer 4

Role: hub fpr ISTAR and RPAS
Rivet Joint - 51 and 54(OCU) x3
Shadow - 14 54(OCU) x6 +2 2025
Reaper - 13 x9
Protector - 31 expect x16

Question 5

Odiham

Answer 5

Role: KHF and front line support helicopter base with joint heli command
Chinook - 7 18 27 x60
KHF - 2 x S-76

Question 6

Benson

Answer 6

Role: Helicopter OCU and front line support
Puma - 28(OCU) 33 230 x23
Chinook - 28(OCU) x60

Question 7

Cranwell

Answer 7

Role: MIOT, EFT, fixed wing advanced flying
Prefect - 57 x23
Phenom - 45 x5

Question 8

Valley

Answer 8

Role: No 4 Flying School for fast jet and helicopter training
Texan - 72 x14
Hawk - 4 25 x28
Juno - 202 x29
Jupiter - 202 x7

Question 9

Shawbury

Answer 9

Role: Rotary wing aircrew training
Juno - 60 x29
Jupiter - 60 x7 +6 on order to replace Puma in Cyprus and Brunei

Question 10

Marham

Answer 10

Role: Main operating base for F-35B
F-35B - 207 617 x33

Question 11

Northolt

Answer 11

Role: 32 the royal squadron
Envoy - 32 x2
A109SP - 32 x1

Question 12

Akrotiri

Answer 12

Role: Forward mounting base for overseas operations in Middle East
903 Expeditionary Air Wing - Typhoon, voyager and A400 on op Shader

Question 13

Mount Pleasant (Falklands)

Answer 13

Role: Establish a fighter and transport presence in the islands
1425 flight - x4 typhoons
1312 flight - x1 voyager, A400, chinook

Question 14

Gibraltar

Answer 14

Role: staging post for aircraft on ops and support for NATO exercises
No aircraft permenantly based there but various NATO and UK aircraft pass through