RAF Waddington

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Royal Air Force station

RAF Waddington is a major Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, known primarily as a hub for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance operations and as the home base of the Red Arrows aerobatic display team.

Aliases (1)

RAF Waddington-based Red Arrows ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force station →
airShowStatus	air show discontinued after 2014 →
basedAircraftType	Boeing E-7 Wedgetail → Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint → MQ-9 Reaper → Protector RG1 →
basedUnitType	ISTAR force →
country	United Kingdom →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	70 metres →
formerName	Royal Flying Corps Waddington →
garrison	No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing → No. 120 Squadron RAF → No. 13 Squadron RAF → No. 14 Squadron RAF → No. 201 Squadron RAF → No. 39 Squadron RAF → No. 5 Force Protection Wing → No. 54 Squadron RAF → No. 8 Squadron RAF → No. 92 Squadron RAF →
hasSquadronRole	ISTAR → electronic intelligence → remotely piloted air systems operations → signals intelligence →
hasWebsite	https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-waddington/ →
homeBaseOf	Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (Red Arrows) → Royal Air Force intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance assets →
hostsEvent	RAF Waddington International Air Show →
hostsUnit	Air and Space Warfare Centre elements → No. 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF →
IATACode	WTN →
ICAOCode	EGXW →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	North Kesteven →
location	England → Lincolnshire →
nearestCity	Lincoln →
opened	1916 →
operator	Royal Air Force →
partOf	RAF Air Command →
previousHomeBaseOf	Avro Vulcan bomber squadrons → English Electric Canberra squadrons →
primaryRole	intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance →
runway	Runway 02/20 →
runwaySurface	asphalt →
usedDuringConflict	Cold War → Gulf War → Iraq War → Second World War → War in Afghanistan →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows → RAFAT →	base
Red 1 →	associatedWith
Diamond Nine ("RAF Waddington-based Red Arrows") →	associatedWithUnit
Lincolnshire →	contains
North Kesteven district →	hasMilitaryBase
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows →	trainingLocation