RAF Waddington

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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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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


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