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RAF Valley
Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali
Near Holyhead, Anglesey in Wales
A RAF Hawk T.1 flying over RAF Valley.
In Adversis Perfugium
(Latin for 'Refuge in Adversity')[1]
RAF Valley is located in Anglesey
RAF Valley
RAF Valley
Shown within Anglesey
RAF Valley is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Valley
RAF Valley
RAF Valley (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates53°14′53″N 004°32′07″W / 53.24806°N 4.53528°W / 53.24806; -4.53528
TypeTraining station
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byNo. 2 Group
No. 22 Group (Training)
Websitewww.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-valley/ Edit this at Wikidata
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
In use1941 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
No. 2 Group RAF - Group Captain Gez Currie
No. 22 Group - Group Captain Matt Hoare[2]
Occupants
  • No. 4 Squadron
  • No. 25 Squadron
  • No. 72 Squadron
  • No. 202 Squadron
  • HQ RAF Mountain Rescue Service
  • RAF Valley Mountain Rescue Team
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV, WMO: 03302
Elevation11 metres (36 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
13/31 2,290 metres (7,513 ft) Asphalt
01/19 1,639 metres (5,377 ft) Asphalt
DAFIF[3][4]

Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley (Welsh: Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali) (IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV) is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, and which is also used as Anglesey Airport. It provides both basic and advanced fast-jet training using the Beechcraft Texan T.1 and BAE Systems Hawk T.2 and provides mountain and maritime training for aircrew using the Airbus Jupiter HT.1 helicopter.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 106. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ "Royal Air Force". Royal Air Force.
  3. ^ "Airport information for EGOV". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  4. ^ Airport information for EGOV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).

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