RAF Honington

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RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station
basedAircraftType Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer
surface form: Blackburn Buccaneer

Handley Page Victor
Panavia Tornado
category Military installations established in 1937
Royal Air Force stations in Suffolk
country United Kingdom
distanceFrom approximately 6 miles north of Bury St Edmunds
elevation 177 feet
garrison RAF Regiment
hasAccommodation service family housing
single living accommodation
hasFacility domestic site
technical site
training ranges
hasFireStation military fire and rescue service
hasMotto RAF Regiment
surface form: We Protect the Force (RAF Regiment association)
hasPerimeter fenced military area
hostsUnit RAF Force Protection Centre
RAF Police training elements
RAF Regiment
surface form: RAF Regiment Training Wing
IATAcode BEQ
ICAOcode EGXH
locatedIn England
Suffolk NERFINISHED
locatedNear Bury St Edmunds
nearVillage Honington
surface form: Honington, Suffolk
opened 1937
operatedBy Royal Air Force
ownedBy Ministry of Defence
partOf Royal Air Force Air Command
surface form: RAF Air Command
postwarRole V-bomber base
primaryFunction home of the RAF Regiment
region East of England
role RAF Regiment
surface form: RAF Regiment depot

force protection training
ground-based air defence training
runwayDesignation 09/27
runwayLength 2743 metres
runwaySurface asphalt
securityLevel controlled access military base
stationCode HN
transitionedTo RAF Regiment
surface form: RAF Regiment depot
usedBy Royal Air Force Bomber Command
surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Eighth Air Force
surface form: USAAF Eighth Air Force

United States Army Air Forces
usedDuring World War II
surface form: Second World War
usedFor CBRN defence training
pre-deployment training

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51 Squadron RAF Regiment garrison RAF Honington
RAF Police garrison RAF Honington
RAF Regiment garrison RAF Honington
Suffolk, England hasAirbase RAF Honington
RAF Police headquartersLocation RAF Honington
RAF Regiment trainingLocation RAF Honington