Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
USAF Units in the UK - October 1966
Channel of administrative control for these units is through HQ 3rd Air Force, South Ruislip
Location | Type of Unit | Station in/Notes |
*RAF Alconbury | 10th Tactical Tactical Fighter Wing | Bomber Command |
RAF Molesworth | Domestic Site | Bomber Command, satellite Alconbury |
RAF Barkway | Microwave Station | Bomber Command |
*RAF Bentwaters | 81st Tactical Fighter Wing | Bomber Command |
Blackbushe | Family Hosing Annex | |
Botley Hill | Microwave Station | |
RAF Bovingdon | Microwave Station | Transport Command |
Bulbarrow Hill | Microwave Station | |
Bushey Hall | Dependants' School | |
Carpenders Park | Family Hosing Annex | |
*RAF Chicksands | 6950th Security Wing | Signals Command |
Chisledon | Recreation Annex | |
Christmas Common | Microwave Station | |
Coldblow Lane | Microwave Station | NATO Base |
Columbia Club (London) | Officers' Club | |
*RAF Croughton Satellite: -
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7562nd Air Base Sqn 2130th Communication Sqn 2130th Transmitter Site |
Bomber Command |
Crowland | Microwave Station | |
Daventry | Microwave Station | |
Daws Hill | 2180th Communication Sqn 7500th Air Base Sqn Detachment Air Weather Sqn Detachment Microwave Station |
Bomber Command, RAF Liaison by HQ (Unit) Bomber Command Admin control by 7500th Air Base Group, West Ruislip |
RAF High Wycombe | Satellite, Daws Hill | Bomber Command |
Dean Hill | Microwave Station | |
Douglas House (London) | Airmen's Club | |
Dunkirk | Microwave Station | |
MPBW Eastcote | Dependents School USAF Film Library |
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*RAF Edzell | US Navy | Fighter Command |
RAF Fairford | Family Hosing Annex | FTC |
Fakenham | Storage Annex | |
Framlingham | Storage Annex | |
RAF Fylingdales | Tropo/Microwave Station | Fighter Command |
Garrowby Hill | Microwave Station | |
Golden Pot | Microwave Station | |
RAF Great Bromley | Microwave Station | Fighter Command |
RAF Greenham Common | Family Housing Annex | TTC |
High Garnett | Microwave Station | |
RAF Hopton | Radio Beacon Site | Fighter Command |
RAF Inverbervie | US Navy | Fighter Command RAF Liaison by RAF Edzell |
RAF Kinnaber | US Navy | |
*AD Kirknewton | 6952nd Security Group | |
RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Microwave Station | TTC |
*RAF Lakenheath | 48th Tactical Fighter Wing Hospital Microwave Station |
Bomber Command |
Liverpool | Admin Port Facilities | Gladstone Docks and Royal Liver Building |
London | US Navy (7 North Audley Street) Admin Office (Keysign House) Admin Office (London Airport) |
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Londonderry | US Navy | Coastal Command |
RAF Marham | AN/TRC Site | Bomber Command |
RAF Martlesham Heath | Tropo/Microwave Station | |
RAF Menwith Hill (Harrogate) | US Army | RAF Liaison by OC, RAF Church Fenton |
RAF Mildenhall | MATS Terminal US Navy Detachment Microwave Station |
Bomber Command RAF Liaison through HQ (Unit), No 3 Group |
Mormond Hill | Tropo Station | NATO Base |
RAF Northolt | HQ Third Air Force Admin Flying (VIP) HQ Third Air Force Elements HQ 28th Weather Sqn |
Transport Command Admin control by 7500th Air Base Group, West Ruislip |
Portland | Microwave Station | |
BAA Prestwick | 1631st Air Base Group MATS Terminal Air Rescue 2176th Communication Sqn |
RAF Liaison through Senior RAF Control Officer |
RAF Ridgewell | Storage Annex | FTC |
Ringstead | Tropo/Microwave Station | |
RAF Shepherds Grove | Family Hosing Annex | Bomber Command |
*MPBW South Ruislip | HQ, Third Air Force HQ, UK Communication Region Hospital |
Resident Liaison Officer for HQ Staff Matters Admin control by 7500th Air Base Group, West Ruislip |
RAF Spitalgate | Microwave Station | TTC |
RAF St Mawgan | Remote Communications Site | Coastal Command |
RAF Swingate | Microwave Station | Signals Command |
*RAF Upper Heyford | Dispersed Operating Base | Bomber Command |
RAF Uxbridge | USAF Flight Service Centre Admin Annex Microwave Station |
TTC Admin control by 7500th Air Base Group, West Ruislip |
RAF Wattisham | Anglian Radar | Fighter Command |
*RAF Welford | 7234th Ammunition Support Sqn Explosives Depot |
Maintenance Command |
RAF West Drayton | Family Hosing Annex | Fighter Command |
RAF West Ruislip | 7500th Air Base Group HQ, AFEX |
Maintenance Command Resident Liaison Officer for HQ Staff Matters |
*RAF Wethersfield | 20th Tactical Fighter Wing | Fighter Command |
RAF Woodbridge | 81st Tactical Fighter Wing Element 20th Tactical Fighter Wing Element |
Bomber Command RAF Liaison through RAF Commander, RAF Bentwaters |
*Indicates Resident RAF Commander and Senior Liaison Officer
Source - SD161/1966(4) - October 1966
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