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RAF Scampton
Air Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Near Scampton, Lincolnshire in England
The Red Arrows display over RAF Scampton MOD 45147902
The Red Arrows at their home, RAF Scampton
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Armed With No Provocation
RAF Scampton is located in Lincolnshire
RAF Scampton
RAF Scampton
Shown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates 53°18′28″N 000°33′03″W / 53.30778°N 0.55083°W / 53.30778; -0.55083Coordinates: 53°18′28″N 000°33′03″W / 53.30778°N 0.55083°W / 53.30778; -0.55083
Type Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator Royal Air Force
Controlled by No. 1 Group (Air Combat)
Website www.raf.mod.uk/rafscampton/
Site history
Built 1916 (1916) & 1936
In use 1916-1919 1936–present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Wing Commander J. L. Campbell BA (Hons) MA RAF
Occupants
Airfield information
Identifiers IATA: SQZ, ICAO: EGXP, WMO: 03373
Elevation 62 metres (203 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
04/22 2,740 metres (8,990 ft) Asphalt
RAF Scampton International Air Show
Genre Air show
Dates 9–10 September 2017
Venue RAF Scampton
Country U.K.
Established 2017
Website
http://scamptonairshow.com/airshow

Royal Air Force Scampton or RAF Scampton (IATA: SQZICAO: EGXP) is a Royal Air Force station located adjacent to the A15 road near to the village of Scampton, Lincolnshire, and 6 miles (9.7 km) north west of the county town, Lincoln, England. The current Station Commander is Wing Commander Joanne Campbell.

The topography of the station in relation to the road has been incorporated into the station badge, in which the Longbow bowstring represents Ermine Street (the A15 road) bent to accommodate the lengthened runway, and the arrow representing the runway itself. The site is owned by the Ministry of Defence and managed by the RAF.

RAF Scampton stands on the site of a First World War Royal Flying Corps landing field, which had been called Brattleby. The station was closed and returned to agriculture following the First World War being reactivated in the 1930s. It has therefore provided an airfield for fighters in the First World War, bombers during the Second World War and V-force Avro Vulcans during the Cold War.

Since the temporary closure of RAF Scampton in 1996, and subsequent reactivation, the base has provided a home for the RAF Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) the Red Arrows, and to other private companies, temporarily, such as Hawker Hunter Aviation, for the maintenance and storage of aircraft.


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