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RAF Bentwaters is a former Royal Air Force station in Suffolk in the UK. It closed in the early 1990s although it was not disposed of until some years later. Its final occupant was the United States Air Force, as one of the "twin bases" with RAF Woodbridge, which is now an Army Air Corps base under British Army control. Between the twin bases was the location for an alleged UFO incident in Rendlesham Forest.

The station is being used for the Space Cadets TV series, where it is playing the part of a Russian space training and launch base.

Timeline

  • 1944 RAF Bentwaters opens
  • 1950 RAF Bentwaters transferred to the USAF in July 1950. RAF Bentwaters is the first base in Europe to receive the F-86 Sabre.
  • 1965 Phantoms arrive.
  • 1973 F-4Ds arrive.
  • 1978 RAF Bentwaters is one of the main European bases for A-10s.
  • 1980 Rendlesham Forest Incident 26-27 December.
  • 2005 Used for Space Cadets TV programme.
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