Editing RAF Spadeadam (section)

{{Short description|Royal Air Force station in Cumbria, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name          = RAF Spadeadam
| ensign        = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
| ensign_size   = 90px
| native_name   = 
| partof        = 
| location      = 
| nearest_town  = [[Gilsland]], [[Northumberland]]
| country       = England
| image         = RAF Spadeadam - geograph.org.uk - 825475.jpg
| caption       = RAF Spadeadam
| image2        = RAF Spadeadam badge.png
| image2_size   = 150px
| caption2      = 'Si vis pacem para bellum'" (If you seek peace, prepare for war)
| pushpin_map   = Cumbria#United Kingdom City of Carlisle
| pushpin_label = RAF Spadeadam
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Cumbria]], England##Location in the [[City of Carlisle]] district, [[Cumbria]]
| coordinates   = {{Coord|55|01|30|N|002|36|08|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| type          = [[List of Royal Air Force stations|Royal Air Force station]]
| code          = 
| site_area     = {{convert|3165|ha|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Estate Baseline 2009 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/33240/DEDP09_annex_a.pdf |page=8 |date=3 July 2009 |access-date=2 October 2016}}</ref>
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| ownership     = [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]
| operator      = [[Royal Air Force]]
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| open_to_public = 
| condition     = 
| built         = {{Start date|1955}}
| builder       = 
| used          = 1957 – present<!--{{End date|1946}} -->
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| current_commander = Wing Commander Andrew Tidmarsh BSc (Hons) MA MRes MSc RAF
| past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) -->
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}}
'''RAF Spadeadam''' (pronounced "Spade Adam"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Charles |title=Why Nigel Can't Spell |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-26-tr-43090-story.html |access-date=5 November 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 April 1998}}; {{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Chris |title=Cold spell means long johns are hot stuff |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/columnists/chrislloyd/chrislloyd/15774423.cold-spell-means-long-johns-are-hot-stuff/ |access-date=5 November 2019 |work=The Northern Echo |date=14 December 2017 |language=en}}</ref>) {{Airport codes|N/A|EGOM}} is a [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) [[List of Royal Air Force stations|station]] in [[Cumbria]], England, close to the border with [[Northumberland]]. It is the home of the 9,000 acre (36&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) [[electronic warfare]] (EW) tactics range, making it the largest (by area) RAF base in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jennings |first1=Gareth |title=RAF reforms 11 Group to counter new and evolving threats |url=https://www.janes.com/article/84412/raf-reforms-11-group-to-counter-new-and-evolving-threats |access-date=26 November 2018 |work=janes.com |date=8 November 2018}}</ref> Its primary use is for EW training to the RAF and [[NATO]] allies.<ref>{{cite book|title=UK Defence Statistics 2004|date=2004|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]|location=London|isbn=0-11-773020-3|page=119}}</ref> The site and course of [[Hadrian's Wall]] runs a few miles south of the range.<ref>{{cite web |title=MoD Heritage Report 2011-2013 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470261/MOD_Heritage_Report_FINAL.pdf |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] |page=8 |access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>