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.
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.