RAF Coningsby

RAF Coningsby
Near Coningsby, Lincolnshire in England
The airfield seen from Tattershall Castle
Loyalty binds me
EGXC Shown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°05′35″N 000°09′58″W / 53.09306°N 0.16611°W / 53.09306; -0.16611Coordinates: 53°05′35″N 000°09′58″W / 53.09306°N 0.16611°W / 53.09306; -0.16611
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Open to the public	Access to BBMF Hangar only
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	1940–present
Garrison information
Current commander	Group Captain Jez Attridge OBE MSc RAF.
Occupants	121 Expeditionary Air Wing Air Combat 1 Group Air Warfare Centre Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: QCY, ICAO: EGXC
Elevation	8 metres (26 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 07/25 2,744 metres (9,003 ft) Asphalt
Honorary Air Commandant: Prince William

Royal Air Force Coningsby or more simply RAF Coningsby (IATA: QCY, ICAO: EGXC), is a Royal Air Force station located 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south west of Horncastle, and 9.8 miles (15.8 km) north west of Boston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

The station is commanded by Group Captain Jez Attridge.

The station is the home of No. 41 (Test and Evaluation) Squadron—the Operational Evaluational Unit, No. 29(R) Squadron—the Operational Conversion Unit and No. 3(F) Squadron—the first Typhoon Operational Squadron, flying the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 and T3. No 11 Squadron joined the station as a Typhoon unit in 2006.

Since June 2007 the Typhoons of No. 3(F) Squadron have formed part of air defence of the UK along with RAF Leuchars near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, both of which were equipped with Panavia Tornado F3 fighters.

The station is also home to No. 121 Expeditionary Air Wing.