Royal Air Force Waddington otherwise known as RAF Waddington (IATA: WTN, ICAO: EGXW) is a Royal Air Force station located beside the village of Waddington, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in England.
The station is the RAF's Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) hub and is home to a fleet of aircraft composed of the Shadow R1, RC-135W Rivet Joint and operating base for the RAF's MQ-9 Reaper. Since October 2022, it has also been home to the RAF's Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows.
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Force Waddington otherwise known as RAFWaddington (IATA: WTN, ICAO: EGXW) is a Royal Air Force station located beside the village of Waddington, 4.2 miles...
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the Edge, a series of airfields were developed, including RAFWaddington, RAF Cranwell and RAF Scampton. Upon opening, No. 9 Squadron and No. 214 Squadron...
display team of the Royal Air Force (RAF) based at RAFWaddington. The team was formed in late 1964 as an all-RAF team, replacing a number of unofficial...
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at RAFWaddington in Lincolnshire. It has a training branch nearby as a lodger unit of RAF Cranwell and other branches elsewhere, including at RAF High...
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to RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire. In 1968, XH558 transferred back to Waddington, where it saw operational service with units of the Waddington Wing...
The Royal Air Force Waddington Voluntary Band is the largest of the RAF's eight voluntary bands. It has been based at RAFWaddington for a number of years...
Squadron will reform at RAFWaddington) 13 Squadron (current MQ-9A Reaper Squadron, will convert to MQ-9B at RAFWaddington) 39 Squadron (current MQ-9A...
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