RAF Odiham
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RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England, best known as the main operating base for the RAF’s Chinook helicopter fleet and a key hub for UK air mobility and support operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Odiham canonical | 4 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated | Boeing Chinook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| garrison | Joint Helicopter Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
rapid deployment of equipment
ⓘ
rapid deployment of personnel ⓘ support to domestic resilience tasks ⓘ support to overseas operations ⓘ |
| hasHelicopterType | heavy-lift helicopter ⓘ |
| historicalUse | fighter station during the Second World War ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | EGVO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKeyHubFor |
UK air mobility
ⓘ
UK joint helicopter operations ⓘ |
| location |
England
ⓘ
Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| nearbyTown |
Hook
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Odiham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1940 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Defence estate of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | main operating base for RAF Chinook helicopter fleet ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| role |
air mobility operations
ⓘ
support operations ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 3 ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation |
02/20
ⓘ
05/23 ⓘ 09/27 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| supportsOperationType |
humanitarian assistance
ⓘ
logistic resupply ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ special forces support ⓘ tactical troop transport ⓘ |
| timezone | GMT ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | BST ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinook Force Headquarters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing elements NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 18 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 27 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 7 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.