RAF Leuchars

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Royal Air Force station military air base

RAF Leuchars is a Royal Air Force station in Fife, Scotland, historically significant as a major fighter base responsible for air defence of the United Kingdom.

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Label Occurrences
RAF Leuchars canonical 5

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
military air base ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formerPrimaryAircraft Eurofighter Typhoon ⓘ
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
surface form: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Panavia Tornado ⓘ
surface form: Panavia Tornado F3
formerStationedUnit No. 1 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 111 Squadron ⓘ
surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF

No. 14 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 151 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 202 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 22 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 23 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 264 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 360 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 43 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 612 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 663 Squadron AAC ⓘ
garrison British Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
hasIATAcode ADX ⓘ
hasICAOcode EGQL ⓘ
hasStationCode Leuchars (for St Andrews) railway station ⓘ
surface form: Leuchars railway station (nearby)
historicalSignificance key base for northern UK air defence ⓘ
major fighter base during the Cold War ⓘ
hostsUnit Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ⓘ
Royal Military Police ⓘ
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ⓘ
locatedIn Fife ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
locatedNear Leuchars ⓘ
nearbyCity St Andrews ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
ownedBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
partOf Royal Air Force Air Command ⓘ
surface form: Air Command (Royal Air Force)
region East Neuk of Fife ⓘ
role Quick Reaction Alert base ⓘ
air defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
fighter base ⓘ
runwayCount 2 ⓘ
runwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
transitionedTo British Army base ⓘ
usedBy Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
usedFor air defence operations ⓘ
fighter aircraft operations ⓘ
training ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RAF No. 111 Squadron → garrison → RAF Leuchars ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
No. 111 Squadron → garrison → RAF Leuchars ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
No. 56 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Leuchars ⓘ
No. 206 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Leuchars ⓘ
No. 18 Group RAF → notableStation → RAF Leuchars ⓘ