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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
RAF Waddington canonical 28
RAF Waddington (nearby airbase) 1
RAF Waddington (nearby influence) 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 ⓘ
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper ⓘ
surface form: MQ-9 Reaper

Protector RG1 ⓘ
basedUnitType ISTAR force ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 70 metres ⓘ
formerName Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
surface form: 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 RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows ⓘ
surface form: 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 district ⓘ
surface form: North Kesteven
location England ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
nearestCity Lincoln ⓘ
opened 1916 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force Air Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Air Command
previousHomeBaseOf Vulcan bomber ⓘ
surface form: Avro Vulcan bomber squadrons

Royal Air Force units ⓘ
surface form: English Electric Canberra squadrons
primaryRole intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ
runway Runway 02/20 ⓘ
runwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
usedDuringConflict Cold War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

Referenced by (32)

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

RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows → base → RAF Waddington ⓘ
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows → trainingLocation → RAF Waddington ⓘ
RAFAT → base → RAF Waddington ⓘ
Red 1 → associatedWith → RAF Waddington ⓘ
Diamond Nine → associatedWithUnit → RAF Waddington ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Waddington-based Red Arrows
Lincolnshire → contains → RAF Waddington ⓘ
North Kesteven district → hasMilitaryBase → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 207 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
West Lindsey → hasAirport → RAF Waddington ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Waddington (nearby influence)
EGXW → identifies → RAF Waddington ⓘ
EGXW → serves → RAF Waddington ⓘ
WTN → identifies → RAF Waddington ⓘ
WTN → appliesTo → RAF Waddington ⓘ
Protector RG1 → primaryBasePlanned → RAF Waddington ⓘ
RAF Waddington International Air Show → hostedAt → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF → associatedWith → RAF Waddington ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Waddington Station
No. 54 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 54 Squadron RAF → basedAt → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 8 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 14 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
A15 road → passesNear → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 264 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 44 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 44 Squadron RAF → basedAt → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 50 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
Vulcan XH558 → basedAt → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 83 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
No. 106 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Waddington ⓘ
Waddington → hasNearbyFacility → RAF Waddington ⓘ
Waddington → hasNearbyMilitaryBase → RAF Waddington ⓘ
Bracebridge Heath → hasLandmark → RAF Waddington ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Waddington (nearby airbase)