RAF Leeming

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Royal Air Force station

RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England, that has served as an important base for various fast-jet, training, and support units.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station →
aircraftOperated BAE Systems Hawk T1 →
surface form: "Hawk T1"

Tornado F3 →
Typhoon FGR4 →
surface form: "Typhoon (historical, early type)"

Wellington bomber →
Whitley bomber →
basedUnit Royal School of Signals →
surface form: "Defence School of Communications and Information Systems elements"

Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit →
No. 100 Squadron RAF →
No. 11 Air Experience Flight RAF →
No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing →
No. 90 Signals Unit RAF →
Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron →
Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron →
country United Kingdom →
elevationAboveSeaLevel 132 feet →
garrison Royal Air Force →
hasFacility accommodation blocks →
air traffic control tower →
communications and information systems training facilities →
hardened aircraft shelters →
main operating base →
technical site →
hasRole communications and information systems training →
expeditionary air wing hub →
fast-jet operations (historical) →
historicalRole bomber station →
fighter station →
IATACode — →
ICAOCode EGXE →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Hambleton →
surface form: "Hambleton District"
location England →
North Yorkshire →
nearestTown Northallerton →
opened 1931 →
operator Royal Air Force →
ownedBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence →
surface form: "Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)"
partOf RAF Support Force →
primaryRole support →
training →
regionServed Northern England →
runway Runway 16/34 →
runwayLength 2290 metres →
runwaySurface asphalt →
usedBy Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve →
surface form: "Royal Air Force Reserves"

University Air Squadrons →
usedDuringConflict Cold War →
World War II →
surface form: "Second World War"
Referenced by (2)

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

34 Squadron RAF Regiment → garrison → RAF Leeming →
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