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Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson (IATA: BEX, ICAO: EGUB) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a front-line station and home to the RAF's fleet of Westland Puma HC2 support helicopters, used primarily for the transportation of troops & equipment.
- 1938–1939
- Group Captain Chris Royston-Airey
- April 1939 – present
RAF Benson in South Oxfordshire is a support helicopter main operating base working within the Joint Helicopter Command. RAF Benson is home to two front-line Puma HC2 helicopter squadrons and one Operational Conversion Unit, flying a mix of Puma HC2 and Chinook HC4 helicopters.
Il No. 28 Squadron RAF della Royal Air Force impiega gli elicotteri Puma e Chinook della RAF Benson (2,4 km a nord fi Wallingford (Oxfordshire) . Indice. 1 Prima guerra mondiale. 2 Tra le due guerre. 3 Seconda guerra mondiale. 4 Il dopoguerra. 5 Oggi. 6 Bibliografia. 7 Voci correlate. 8 Altri progetti. Prima guerra mondiale.
- Unità di conversione operativa
- Regno Unito
- 7 novembre 1915 - oggi
- aeronautica militare
Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a front-line station and home to the RAF's fleet of Westland Puma HC2 support helicopters, used primarily for the transportation of troops & equipment.
Die Royal Air Force Station Benson, kurz RAF Benson, ist ein Militärflugplatz der britischen Royal Air Force am südöstlichen Ortsrand von Benson in der Grafschaft Oxfordshire, England. Neben RAF Odiham ist Benson eine von zwei Haupteinsatzbasen der „Unterstützungshubschrauber“ der sogenannten Support Helicopter Force. Die Basis ist ...
Construction of RAF Benson finished in 1939. Its establishment on land previously farmed, meant the destruction of the 18th-century Lamb pub, which once stood on the outskirts of the village, near the present Crash Gate No 6. On 1st April 1939, 103 Squadron arrived from Abingdon followed by 150 Squadron from Boscombe Down the following day.
