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  • Wallace Whittle

2 Marischal Square

Hospitality


After flying ceased, the site was retained by the RAF as a high frequency (HF) communications station, part of the RAF Strike Command Integrated Communications System (STCICS) established in the 1970s and NATO's Maritime Air Telecommunications Organization (MATELO). Milltown was a HF transmission station paired with an HF receiving and control station at RAF Kinloss, operated by the RAF's No. 81 Signals Unit (Detachment North).

In April 2001, the RAF's HF communications service was integrated into the Defence Communication Services Agency, with the site becoming known as DCSA Radio Milltown.

The communications station closed in December 2003 when the RAF's high frequency communications system was replaced by the Defence High Frequency Communications Service.[1]

The site was sold in 2013 to the Innes Estate and returned to agriculture [2]

Aircraft

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The Scottish Ambulance Service operates the only government-funded air ambulance service in the UK.[3] A five aircraft fleet is operated under contract by Gama Aviation and consists of three Airbus H145 helicopters (based at Glasgow Airport and Inverness Airport) and two Beechcraft B200C King Air fixed-wing aircraft (based at Glasgow Airport and Aberdeen Airport).[4]

  • Beechcraft King Air 200C 'G-SASC'
    Beechcraft King Air 200C 'G-SASC'

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Based units

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25th Space Range Squadron
Squadron emblem
Active1917–1919; 1921–1946; 1952–1964; 1988–1995; 2004–present
Country United States
Branch United States Space Force
TypeSpace operations
RoleSpace Test and Training Range management
Part ofSpace Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional)
Home baseSchriever AFB, Colorado
Nickname(s)'Executioners' and 'Bloody 25th'[6]
SystemsSpace Test and Training Range
Decorations
Battle honours
  • World War I
  • World War I
  • World War II – Antisubmarine
  • World War II – Asia-Pacific Theater[7]
WebsiteOfficial website
Insignia
25th Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 15 February 1924)[8]
25th Aero Squadron emblem (approved by AEF 19 November 1918)[9][note 1]

United States Navy

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BBC Broadcasting House
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffices and television & radio studios
Architectural styleArt Deco
AddressPortland Place
City of Westminster
W1A 1AA
Town or cityLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°31′06″N 00°08′37″W / 51.51833°N 0.14361°W / 51.51833; -0.14361
Current tenantsBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Renovated2003–2011
Height34 m (112 ft)
Technical details
Structural systemSteel frame
MaterialPortland stone
GroundsGeorge Val Myer
Watson HartRaymond McGrath
Design and construction
Architect(s)Col. G Val Myer and Watson Hart
Renovating team
Architect(s)MacCormac Jamieson Prichard (Phase 1)
Sheppard Robson (Phase 2)
Other information
Public transit accessLondon Underground Oxford Circus
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameBroadcasting House
Designated16 January 1981
Reference no.1265570

Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific




iper Alpha

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In March 1972, the American Occidental Group obtained an offshore license for two blocks (Blocks 14/19 and Blocks 15/17) in the UK sector of the North Sea. During January 1973, oil was discovered within Block 15/17, located between 180 kilometres (110 miles) and 190 kilometres (120 miles) north east of Aberdeen in Scotland. The reservoir was named the Piper field.[10] To exploit the field, the Piper Alpha platform was constructed, initially in separate sections by McDermott Engineering at their Adrdesier facility near Inverness in Scotland and by Union Industrielle d'Entreprise (UIE) at Cherbourg in France. The sections were then combined at Ardersier and the completed platform towed to the Piper field during 1975.[11][12]

Piper Alpha was a fixed-platform with its jacket standing in 144.4 metres (474 ft) of water.

The platform had facilities which allowed wells to be drilled and the reservoir fluids (a combination of oil, gas and water) to be extracted, separated and processed, with oil being exported via pipeline to the Flotta Oil Terminal in Orkney. Piper Alpha was designed with a throughput of 250,000 barrels per day (bbl/d).[13]

Piper Alpha was owned by a consortium of companies comprising Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. (36.5% interest), Texaco Britain Ltd. (23.5%), International Thomson PLC (20%) and Texas Petroleum Ltd. (20%).[10]

Production started in late 1976.

UKASACS / QRA

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https://issuu.com/globalmediapartners/docs/raf-air-power-2017 p. 40-41

https://issuu.com/globalmediapartners/docs/rafairandspacepower2019 p.111-113

https://web.archive.org/web/19980529022853/http://www.raf.mod.uk/stations/ukadge.html


USAFE

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United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa comprises the following wings and major units.[14]

  • Headquarters US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (Ramstein Air Base, Germany)

Third Air Force

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31st Fighter Wing (Aviano Air Base, Italy)

39th Air Base Wing (Incirlik Air Base, Turkey)

  • 425th Air Base Squadron (Izmir Air Station)
  • 717th Air Base Squadron (Ankara Support Facility, Turkey)

48th Fighter Wing (RAF Lakenheath, UK)

52nd Fighter Wing (Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany)

86th Airlift Wing (Ramstein Air Base)

100th Air Refuelling Wing (RAF Mildenhall, UK)

435th Air Expeditionary Wing (Ramstein Air Base)

501st Combat Support Wing (RAF Alconbury, UK)

Other units

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The following units are located within the USAFE-AFA area of responsibility but report to other major commands.

Air Combat Command (ACC)

Air Force Special Operations Command

Air Mobility Command

United States Space Force

JB Charleston

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Flying and notable non-flying units based at Joint Base Charleston.

Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Charleston, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.

United States Air Force

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Air Mobility Command (Air Mobility Command)

Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)

  • Fourth Air Force
    • 315th Airlift Wing
      • Headquarters 315th Airlift Wing
      • 315th Operations Group
      • 315th Maintenance Group
        • 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
        • 315th Maintenance Squadron
      • 315th Mission Support Group
        • 38th Aerial Port Squadron
        • 81st Aerial Port Squadron
        • 315th Civil Engineer Flight
        • 315th Force Support Squadron
        • 315th Logistics Readiness Squadron
        • 315th Security Forces Squadron
        • 315th Services Flight

Air Force Field Operating Agency

United States Army

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US Army Materiel Command

  • Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
    • 597th Transportation Brigade
      • 841st Transportation Battalion
    • US Army Reserve Deployment Support Command
      • 1189th Transportation Surface Brigade
        • Headquarters 1189th Transportation Surface Brigade
        • 1182nd Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion

United States Marine Corps

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US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR)

  • Marine Corps Reserve Center

United States Navy

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Commander, Navy Installations Command

  • Naval Support Activity Charleston

US Fleet Forces Command

  • US Naval Forces Northern Command
    • Naval Munitions Command
      • Naval Munitions Command Atlantic Unit Charleston

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

Naval Education and Training Command

Navy Personnel Command

  • Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston

US Navy Reserve

  • Navy Operational Support Center Charleston
  • Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Unit, The Citadel

United States Coast Guard

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Force Readiness Command

Atlantic Area

Department of the Navy

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Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Department of Homeland Security



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|- href="Fairey Battle" |- !Service !Unit !Aircraft / Role !From !Date From !Date To !To |- |RAF |No. 23 Squadron |McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 |RAF Stanley |21 April 1986 |31 October 1988 |Disbanded |- |RAF |No. 78 Squadron |

|Amalgamation of No.1310 Flight and No. 1564 Flight |1 May 1986 |November 2007 |Sea King element re-designated No. 1564 Flight |- |RAF |No. 1312 Flight |

|RAF Stanley |1986 |Present | |- |RAF |No. 1435 Flight |

|Re-formed | href="RAF Newmarket" |1 November 1988 |Present |- |- |RAF |No. 1564 Flight |Westland Sea King HAR3 |Former Sea King element of No. 78 Squadron |November 2007 |31 March 2016 |Disbanded |- |RAF |No. 1310 Flight |Boeing Chinook |Re-formed |2016 |Present | |}Serco Marine Services provide support vessels for BUTEC. The following

  • SD Kyle of Lochalsh (Trials vessel)
  • SD Moorfowl (Moor-class diving support vessel)
  • SD Moorhen (Moor-class diving support vessel)
  • SD Raasay (Multicat 2510-class recovery vessel)
  • SD Warden (Trials vessel)

RAF Milltown

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Service Unit Aircraft / Role From Date From Date To To
RAF No. 20 Operational Training Unit (C Flight) Vickers Wellington RAF Lossiemouth 5 September 1943 1 September 1944
RAF No. 224 Squadron Consolidated Liberator RAF St. Eval 15 September 1944 July 1945 RAF St. Eval
RAF No. 311 Squadron Consolidated Liberator RAF Tain 1945 15 February 1946 Disbanded
RAF No. 111 Operational Training Unit Consolidated Liberator, Handley Page Halifax The Bahamas July 1945 1946 Disbanded
RAF No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit Consolidated Liberator July 1945 1946
FAA 767 Naval Air Squadron Fairey Firefly, North American Harvard, Supermarine Seafire
FAA 766 Naval Air Squadron Supermarine Seafire
FAA Lossiemouth Handling Squadron Gloster Meteor TT.20 1958 1962
Civil Highland Gliding Club 1971 October 1975
RAF No. 663 Volunteer Gliding Squadron 1973 February 1977
RAF No. 81 Signals Unit High frequency communications 1977 2006 Became DHFCS

RAF Benson

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Service Unit Aircraft / Role From Date From Date To To Ref.
RAF No. 150 Squadron Fairey Battle RAF Boscombe Down 3 April 1939 September 1939 France [15]
RAF No. 103 Squadron Fairey Battle RAF Abingdon May 1939 September 1939 France [15]
RAF The King's Flight Lockheed Hudson, de Havilland Flamingo September 1939 1942 RAF Newmarket (Re-designated No. 161 Squadron) [15]
RAF No. 12 Operational Training Unit Fairey Battle, Avro Anson, Vickers Wellington 1939 [16]
RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) Spitfire 1941 1942 Disbanded [16]
RAF No. 540 Squadron Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito Former No. 1 PRU

(H and L Flights)

19 October 1942 29 March 1945 Coulommiers, France [17]
RAF No. 541 Squadron Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito Former No. 1 PRU

(B and F Flights)

19 October 1942 30 September 1946 Disbanded [18]
RAF No. 542 Squadron Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito Former No. 1 PRU

(A and E Flights)

19 October 1942 27 August 1945 Disbanded [19]
RAF No. 543 Squadron Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito Former No. 1 PRU 19 October 1942 18 October 1943 Disbanded [20]
RAF No. 544 Squadron Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito Former No. 1 PRU 19 October 1942 13 October 1945 Disbanded [21]
RAF No. 540 Squadron de Havilland Mosquito RAF Mount Farm 6 November 1945 30 September 1946 Disbanded [17]
RAF The King's Flight de Havilland Dominie, Vickers Viking C2 Re-formed 1 May 1946 1952 Re-designated Queen's Flight
RAF No. 541 Squadron Spitfire PR.19, Meteor PR.10 Re-formed 1 November 1947 June 1951 Germany [18]
RAF No. 540 Squadron de Havilland Mosquito, English Electric Canberra Formerly part of No. 58 Squadron 1 December 1947 26 March 1953 RAF Wyton [17]
RAF No. 58 Squadron de Havilland Mosquito Re-formed 1 October 1946 March 1953 RAF Wyton
RAF Queen's Flight Vickers Viking, Avro York, de Havilland Heron and Devon, Westland Whirlwind, Westland Wessex HCC.4, Douglas Dakota, de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, Beagle Basset and Hawker Siddeley Andover, BAe 146 Formerly King's Flight 1952 1 April 1995 RAF Northolt (Merged with No. 32 Squadron)
RAF No. 147 Squadron 1953
RAF No.167 Squadron 1953
RAF Argosy Operational Conversion Unit Whitworth Argosy Formed 20 November 1961 RAF Thorney Island
RAF No. 105 Squadron Whitworth Argosy Aden
RAF No. 215 Squadron Whitworth Argosy July 1963 Far East
RAF No. 114 Squadron Whitworth Argosy Spring 1970
RAF No. 267 Squadon Whitworth Argosy Spring 1970
RAF Mobile Catering Support Unit 1970s 1970s
RAF HQ No. 38 Group Command organisation RAF Odiham 1972 1976 RAF Upavon
RAF Tactical Communication Wing 1972 1976 RAF Brize Norton
RAF Support Command Signals Headquarters RAF Medmenham 1977 1981
RAF Radio Introduction Unit RAF Medmenham 1977
RAF No. 115 Squadron Andover RAF Brize Norton January 1983
RAF Andover Training Flight Andover RAF Brize Norton January 1983
RAF Andover Serving Flight Andover RAF Brize Norton January 1983
RAF Support Command Flight Checking Unit Andover RAF Brize Norton January 1983 1987 Disbanded
RAF No. 60 Squadron Westland Wessex Northern Ireland March 1992
RAF University of London Air Squadron RAF Abingdon July 1992
RAF Oxford University Air Squadron RAF Abingdon July 1992
RAF No. 6 Air Experience Flight RAF Abingdon July 1992
RAF Mobile Catering Support Unit November 1992
RAF No. 33 Squadron Westland Puma HC1 June 1997 Present
RAF Puma Operational Conversion Flight Westland Puma HC1 February 1998 Present
RAF No. 28 Squadron Merlin July 2001 July 2015 [22]
RAF No. 78 Squadron Merlin Re-formed 2007 30 September 2014 Disbanded [23]
RAF No. 230 Squadron Westland Puma HC1 JHC Flying Station Aldergrove November 2009 Present [24]
FAA 846 Naval Air Squadron Merlin RNAS Yeovilton 30 September 2014 26 March 2015 RNAS Yeovilton [25]
FAA 845 Naval Air Squadron Merlin RNAS Yeovilton July 2015 16 June 2016 RNAS Yeovilton
RAF/BA Joint Helicopter Support Squadron Helicopter support RAF Odiham 2016 [26]

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https://data.gov.uk/organogram/ministry-of-defence/2016-03-31

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/27637/20120316JFC_On_a_page.pdf

https://geospatialworldforum.org/2012/gwf_PDF/Air%20Chief%20Marshal%20Sir%20Stuart%20Peach.pdf

Gib

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British Army

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Infantry

Royal Navy

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Surface Fleet

Ministry of Defence (MoD)/HQ British Forces Gibraltar (145 military personnel as of 2023 plus 528 civilians under contract)[31]

Royal Air Force

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Ministry of Defence

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Gibraltar Defence Police

JW Exercises

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Exercise Name End Date Notes
Joint Warrior 13/1
Joint Warrior 13/2
Joint Warrior 14/1
Joint Warrior 14/2
Joint Warrior 15/1 11 April 2015 24 April 2015 [43] Largest Joint Warrior to date.
Joint Warrior 15/2 5 October 2015 16 October 2015 [44]
Joint Warrior 16/1 11 April 2016 22 April 2016 [45]
Joint Warrior 16/2 8 October 2016 21 October 2016 [46]
Joint Warrior 17/1 26 March 2017 3 April 2017
Joint Warrior 17/2 1 October 2017 13 October 2017 Combined with Exercise Formidable Shield.
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