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RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow is an RAF

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

unit covering 3 distinct sites in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

and Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....

. The three sites, separately known as RAF Brampton

RAF Brampton

RAF Brampton is a Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. Formerly the home of RAF Support Command, it now houses several elements of Defence Equipment & Support , which itself was a result of a merger between the Defence Logistics Organisation and the Defence Procurement Agency...

, RAF Wyton

RAF Wyton

RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, England.In terms of organisation RAF Wyton is now part of the combined station RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow, a merger of Wyton with two previously separate bases, RAF Brampton and RAF Henlow. Wyton is the largest of the three. It...

and RAF Henlow

RAF Henlow

RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, equidistant from Bedford, Luton and Stevenage. It houses the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, the RAF Signals Museum and 616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron.- History :...

, house a number of flying training, intelligence, security and other RAF support organisations.

RAF Brampton

- Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre
- Defence Security Standards Organisation
- No 73 (Huntingdon) Squadron Air Training Corps

RAF Wyton

- 57(R) Squadron
  No. 57 Squadron RAF
  -History:57 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed on 8 June 1916 at Copmanthorpe, Yorkshire. In December 1916 the squadron was posted to France equipped with the FE2d. The squadron re-equipped with Airco DH4s in May 1917 and commenced long range bombing and reconnaissance operations near...
- Cambridge University Air Squadron
  University Air Squadron
  University Air Squadrons are training units of the Royal Air Force which primarily provide basic flying training, force development and adventurous training to undergraduate students at British universities...
- London University Air Squadron
  University Air Squadron
  University Air Squadrons are training units of the Royal Air Force which primarily provide basic flying training, force development and adventurous training to undergraduate students at British universities...
- 5 Air Experience Flight
  Air Experience Flight
  An Air Experience Flight is a training unit of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve whose main purpose is to give introductory flying experience to Air Cadets or the RAF section of the Combined Cadet Force...
- Defence Equipment & Support
  Defence Equipment & Support
  Defence Equipment and Support is the name of the merged procurement and support organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence. It came into being on 2 April 2007, bringing together the MoD's Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation under the leadership of General Sir...
- No 2331 (St Ives) Squadron Air Training Corps

RAF Henlow

- RAF Centre for Aviation Medicine
- Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
- Tactical Provost Wing (TPW)
- No 1 Specialist Police Wing
- No 8 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ
- No 2482 (Henlow) Squadron Air Training Corps
- No 616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron

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