United States Bases (Hansard, 12 July 1990)

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton

The 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
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.