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RAF Feltwell
Near Feltwell, Norfolk in England
Radomes at RAF Feltwell.
Radomes at RAF Feltwell
RAF Feltwell is located in Norfolk
RAF Feltwell
RAF Feltwell
Shown within Norfolk
Coordinates52°28′46″N 000°31′09″E / 52.47944°N 0.51917°E / 52.47944; 0.51917
TypeRAF station (US Visiting Forces)
Area137 hectares (340 acres)[1]
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorUnited States Air Force
Controlled byUS Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
ConditionOperational
Site history
Built1936 (1936)
In use1937–1966 (Royal Air Force)
1960s – present (US Air Force)
Garrison information
Occupants73rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron (Detachment)
Airfield information
Elevation16 metres (52 ft) AMSL

Royal Air Force Feltwell or more simply RAF Feltwell is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, East Anglia that is used by the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. The station is located about 10 miles west of Thetford, and is in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk at approximate Ordnance Survey grid reference TL 715 900. A former Second World War bomber station, the airfield is used as a housing estate for United States Air Force personnel stationed nearby at RAF Mildenhall.

  1. ^ "Defence Estates Development Plan 2009 – Annex A". GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 3 July 2009. p. 15. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

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