What group is RAF Wittering?
The station is part of No 38 Group. The station commander of RAF Wittering is currently Group Captain Jo Lincoln who assumed command from Group Captain Tony Keeling OBE MDA MA BEng CEng FRAeS RAF on 9 August 2019. The station’s honorary air commodore is Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex.
Where is the biggest RAF base in the UK?
Oxfordshire
RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire is the largest RAF Station with approximately 5,800 Service Personnel, 1,200 contractors and 300 civilian staff. The Station is home to the RAF’s Strategic and Tactical Air Transport (AT) and Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) forces, as well as host to many lodger and reserve units.
Is RAF Wittering still active?
Around 1,400 Service, civilian and contractor personnel work at RAF Wittering, although a large number of the Service personnel can be deployed across the globe at any one time. In front of an escallop, a lion rampant.
Is RAF Wittering active?
RAF Wittering is an active military base in Peterborough. Though it no longer houses any military aircraft such as the Harrier, there is still the flight schools that teach cadets to become pilots for the Royal Air Force.
What is based at RAF Waddington?
THE STATION RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire is one of the RAF’s busiest Stations as the hub of UK Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) and the main operating base for airborne intelligence aircraft and systems.
Is there a heritage Centre at RAF Wittering?
Stamford Welland Branch visit to the Harrier Heritage Centre at RAF Wittering is set for 12th June. RAF Wittering can take a maximum of 50 guests.
Can you visit RAF Wittering?
RAF Wittering does not have the capacity to host school visits or individual visits by members of the public.
What planes are at Wittering?
Experience Flights, operate a fleet of 91 Grob G1115E aircraft named the Tutor T1 by the UK military. A4 Force Headquarters (FHQ) at Royal Air Force Wittering provides co-ordination and oversight of the specialist engineering and logistics squadrons of the A4 Force.