RAF Brüggen

E613581
Royal Air Force station

RAF Brüggen was a major Royal Air Force station in Germany that served as a key Cold War base for strike and reconnaissance aircraft operating in Europe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
RAF Laarbruch 2
RAF Bruggen 1
RAF Brüggen canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
basedAircraft English Electric Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panavia Tornado GR1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panavia Tornado GR1A NERFINISHED ⓘ
SEPECAT Jaguar NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedUnit No. 14 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 17 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 2 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 31 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 9 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
closureReason post–Cold War defence cuts ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
garrison Royal Air Force Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Central European theatre of operations NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
locatedNear Brüggen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch border ⓘ
Elmpt NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter nearby town of Brüggen ⓘ
notableFor Cold War nuclear deterrent role ⓘ
hosting RAF Tornado squadrons in Germany ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ
RAF Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
postClosureUse British Army base ⓘ
Javelin Barracks NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMission tactical reconnaissance ⓘ
tactical strike ⓘ
role front-line NATO air base ⓘ
reconnaissance base ⓘ
strike base ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance major RAF base in Germany during the Cold War ⓘ
use Cold War strike operations ⓘ
conventional strike role ⓘ
nuclear strike role ⓘ
reconnaissance operations ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

No. 14 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Brüggen ⓘ
No. 14 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Brüggen ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Laarbruch
No. 264 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Brüggen ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Laarbruch
No. 79 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Brüggen ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Bruggen