§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of United States bases in the United Kingdom; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe following 67 bases and facilities have been made available for use by United States forces in the United Kingdom:
Main Operating Bases
- RAF Alconbury
- RAF Bentwaters
- RAF Fairford1
- RAF Lakenheath
- RAF Mildenhall
- RAF Upper Heyford
- RAF Woodbridge
Cruise Missile Bases
- RAF Greenham Common
Standby Deployment Bases
- RAF Sculthorpe
- RAF Wethersfield2
Storage/Support Facilities
- RAF Bicester
- RAF Brawdy
- RAF Burtonwood
- RAF Caerwent
- RAF Chelveston
- RAF Chilwell
- Eastcote
- Felixstowe
- RAF Feltwell
- Framlington
- High Wycombe Air Station (Daws Hill)
- Holy Loch
- RAF Hullavington
- RAF Hythe
- RAF Kemble
- London USN Europe HQ
- RAF Machrihanish
- Marchwood
- RAF Molesworth
- Oakington
- RAF Ruislip
- RAF Spadeadam
- RAF St. Mawgan
- RAF Upwood
- RAF Welford
- RAF Watton
Contingency Wartime Hospitals
- RAF Chessington
- RAF Arbroath
- RAF Kirknewton
- RAF Lanark
- RAF Little Rissington
- RAF Locking
- RAF Nocton Hall
Communications Facilities
- Aberdeen
- RAF Barford St. John
- RAF Barkway
- Botley Hill
- Bovingdon
- RAF Chicksands
- Coldblow
- Christmas Common
- RAF Croughton
- Daventry
- Dunkirk
338 - RAF Edzell
- Great Bromley
- RAF Inverbervie
- RAF Kinnabeer
- Latherton
- Martlesham
- Mormond Hill
- Fork Murkle
- RAF Swingate
- RAF Thurso
- RAF Uxbridge
NATO Armaments Depots
- Broughton Moor
- Glen Douglas
The following Royal Air Force and Procurement Executive airfields, all of which have sufficient operating facilities to enable them to fulfil their role, are allocated for use as collocated operating bases by United States forces:
Collocated Operating Bases
- Abingdon
- Benson
- Boscombe Down
- Brawdy
- Coltishall
- Cottesmore
- Finninglay
- Odiham
- Scampton
- Waddington
- Wittering
Notes
(1) RAF Fairford will become a Standby Deployment Base on 7 August 1990
(2) RAF Wethersfield will be returned to MOD control on 1 October 1990.