HC Deb 24 May 1990 vol 173 cc370-1W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the network of RAF/USAF co-located bases and their operational use.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The following Royal Air Force and procurement executive airfields in the United Kingdom are allocated for use as wartime co-located operating bases by United States forces:

  • Abingdon
  • Benson
  • Boscombe Down
    • 371
  • Brawdy
  • Coltishall
  • Cottesmore
  • Finningley
  • Odi ham
  • Scampton
  • Waddington
  • Wittering

RAF Wildenrath in Germany also holds co-located operating base status.

It is not our practice to comment on the operational plans for such bases.

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