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RAF College Cranwell's role, squadrons and lodger units, facilities, flying info, contact and visiting details, station news, and history.
Royal Air Force Cranwell or more simply RAF Cranwell (ICAO: EGYD) is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford. Among other functions, it is home to the Royal Air Force College (RAFC), which trains the RAF's new officers and aircrew.
- 1916
- Group Captain Tina Jessup
- No. 22 Group (Training)
- 1916–1918 (Royal Naval Air Service), 1918 – present (Royal Air Force)
26 de jan. de 2023 · All change at RAF Cranwell - as we welcome our new Station Commander | Royal Air Force. RAF Cranwell News. All change at RAF Cranwell - as we welcome our new Station Commander. 26 Jan 2023. Today, Group Captain Jessup took over command of RAF Cranwell from Group Captain Dr Campbell.
3 de nov. de 2021 · Group Captain Dr Joanne Campbell, Station Commander at RAF Cranwell, recently welcomed the new Commandant to the RAF College. Air Commodore Dickens is the RAF Phase 1 Force Commander, Air Officer Lincolnshire, Head of the University Air Squadron Organisation and Chair of the Astra Trust.
7 de mai. de 2021 · Royal Air Force Group Captain Joanne Campbell, RAF College Cranwell station commander, visited RAF Mildenhall, May 5. Campbell and MAcr Marcus Burton, RAF Cranwell weapons systems operator senior instructor, met with base leadership, toured CV-22B Osprey,
History of Royal Air Force Cranwell. 1933 Photo of the college hall. Cranwell’s association with aviation began during World War I. The Admiralty needed to establish a series of air stations around the south and east coasts to supplement the coastguard system and to alert our shore defences against sea and air invasion.
He assumed command of No. 111 (Fighter) Squadron in 1983 and then became Group Captain Air at Headquarters No. 11 Group. In 1986 he became Station Commander at RAF Coningsby, where he flew Tornado F3 and displayed Hurricanes and Spitfires on the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
