Stations and Aircraft

Question 1

Raf Shawbury

Answer 1

• Located in Shrewsbury
• Where my specialist training takes place
• Juno HT1 training heli based here

Question 2

RAF Brize Norton

Answer 2

• Located in Oxfordshire
• Largest RAF station
• Houses most mobility aircraft (globemaster, voyager, Hercules and atlas)

Question 3

RAF Boulmer

Answer 3

• Situated near Alnwick in Northumberland
• School of Aerospace Battle Management
• Classed as a 2 group station as it enables force elements and provides support services
• Using ASACS (Air Surveillance and Control System)
• No aircraft

Question 4

RAF Akrotiri

Answer 4

• Based in Cyprus
• Key station for oversea operations and exercises
• Many aircraft use this oversea hub, Griffin HAR2 helicopter based there

Question 5

RAF Gibraltar

Answer 5

• Based in northern end of Gibraltar peninsula
• Provides a strategic and geopolitical advantage for operations, defence and security in Mediterranean and Iberian peninsular areas
• No aircraft based here