List of airfields of the Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)

This is a list of airfields of the military aviation division of the British Army, the Army Air Corps, from 1 September 1957.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Current airfields

  • Wattisham Flying Station – the biggest centralised operational Army airfield in the UK, formerly RAF Wattisham
  • RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)
  • AAC Middle Wallop – formerly RAF Middle Wallop
  • JHC FS Aldergrove – formerly RAF Aldergrove
  • Stirling Lines – formerly RAF Credenhill
  • RAF Barkston Heath

Previous airfields

  • Sha Tin Airfield, Hong Kong (1950s–1970s) – formerly RAF Shatin
  • AAC Netheravon, Wiltshire (1964–2012) – formerly RAF Netheravon,[1] now used by the Joint Services Parachute Centre
  • Alanbrooke Barracks, North Yorkshire (70's–1992) – formerly RAF Topcliffe, now used by 4th Regiment Royal Artillery
  • Dishforth Airfield, North Yorkshire (1992–2016) – formerly RAF Dishforth, now used by 6 Regiment RLC

See also

References

  1. ^ "Airfield Camp, Netheravon 1912–2012" (PDF). Army Air Corps Journal (52): 40–42. 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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