RAF Fairford

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Royal Air Force station

RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known today as a major deployment base for U.S. Air Force operations and as the long-time host of the Royal International Air Tattoo airshow.

Aliases (2)

Fairford Air Base ×1
Royal Air Force Fairford ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force station →
builtDuring	Second World War →
country	United Kingdom →
garrison	420th Air Base Squadron → 501st Combat Support Wing →
hasAlternativeName	Fairford Air Base → Royal Air Force Fairford →
hasEvent	Royal International Air Tattoo →
hasFacility	NATO-standard munitions storage → hardened aircraft shelters → large aircraft parking ramps → long runway suitable for heavy bombers →
hasRole	aerial demonstration venue → contingency airfield → forward operating location for U.S. strategic bombers →
hasRunway	Runway 09/27 →
hasRunwaySurface	asphalt →
hosts	military aviation displays →
IATACode	FFD →
ICAOCode	EGVA →
locatedIn	Cotswold District → England → Gloucestershire →
locatedNear	Fairford →
notableFor	hosting the Royal International Air Tattoo → supporting U.S. B-1B Lancer deployments → supporting U.S. B-2 Spirit deployments → supporting U.S. B-52 Stratofortress deployments →
openingDate	1944 →
operator	Royal Air Force → United States Air Force →
ownedBy	Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) →
partOf	RAF Air Command → United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa →
runwayLength	approximately 3,046 metres →
timezone	GMT →
timezoneDST	BST →
usedBy	United States Air Force Strategic Air Command → United States Army Air Forces →
usedFor	Royal International Air Tattoo → aerial refuelling operations → intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations → strategic bomber operations →
usedInConflict	Cold War → Gulf War → Iraq War (2003) → Kosovo War →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
RAF Fairford ("Royal Air Force Fairford") → RAF Fairford ("Fairford Air Base") →	hasAlternativeName
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows →	previousBase