Editing RAF Wyton

{{Short description|UK military intelligence analysis facility in Cambridgeshire, England}}
{{redirect|QUY||Quy (disambiguation){{!}}Quy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name          = RAF Wyton
| ensign        = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
| ensign_size   = 90px
| native_name   = 
| partof        = 
| location      = 
| nearest_town  = [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]], [[Cambridgeshire]]
| country       = England
| image         = Entrance to RAF Wyton - geograph.org.uk - 262207.jpg
| caption       = [[English Electric Canberra|Canberra PR9]] 'XH170' which is RAF Wyton's [[gate guardian]]
| image2        = RAF Wyton badge.png
| image2_size   = 90px
| caption2      = {{Language with name/for|la|Verum Exquiro|Seek the Truth|break=yes}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pine|first1=L.G.|title=A dictionary of mottoes|date=1983|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London|isbn=0-7100-9339-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/249 249]|edition=1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/249}}</ref>
| pushpin_map   = Cambridgeshire
| pushpin_label = RAF Wyton
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Cambridgeshire
| pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates   = {{Coord|52|21|26|N|000|06|28|W|region:GB_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| gridref       = TL285741{{sfn|Birtles|2012|p=75}}
| type          = [[List of Royal Air Force stations|Royal Air Force station]]
| code          = 
| site_area     = 
| height        = 
| ownership     = [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]
| operator      = [[Royal Air Force]]
| controlledby  = [[Strategic Command (United Kingdom)|Strategic Command]]
| open_to_public = 
| condition     = Operational
| built         = {{Start date|1915}}
| builder       = 
| used          = 1916 – present<!--{{End date|1946}} -->
| materials     = 
| fate          = 
| battles       = 
| events        = 
| current_commander = [[Wing commander|Wing Commander]] Jim Doyle
| past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) -->
| garrison      = 
| occupants     = * [[National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence]]
* [[42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)]]
* [[Defence Infrastructure Organisation]] 
* Defence Assurance and Information Security 
* Defence Intelligence Estates Rationalisation Team
* [[RAF Wyton Area Voluntary Band]]
| elevation     = {{Convert|40.2|m|0}}
| IATA          = QUY
| ICAO          = EGUY
| FAA           = 
| TC            = 
| LID           = 
| GPS           = 
| WMO           = 03566
| r1-number     = 08/26
| r1-length     = {{Convert|799|m|0}}
| r1-surface    = [[Grass]]
| website       = {{URL|https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwyton}}
| footnotes     = '''Source''': RAF Wyton Defence Aerodrome Manual<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafbramptonwyton/rafcms/mediafiles/8DF5BB74_5056_A318_A8FE6BCD8C615076.pdf|title=RAF Wyton Defence Aerodrome Manual (DAM)|date=31 March 2016|website=RAF Wyton |publisher=Military Aviation Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828012212/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafbramptonwyton/rafcms/mediafiles/8DF5BB74_5056_A318_A8FE6BCD8C615076.pdf|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref>
}}

'''Royal Air Force Wyton''' or more simply '''RAF Wyton''' {{Airport codes|QUY|EGUY}} is a [[Royal Air Force]] [[List of Royal Air Force stations|station]] near [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]]. The airfield is decommissioned and the station is now under the command of [[Strategic Command (United Kingdom)|UK Strategic Command]].

RAF Wyton is home to the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI), which provides [[Open-source intelligence|Open Source Intelligence]] (OSINT) and [[Geospatial intelligence|Geospatial Intelligence]] (GEOINT) support to [[HM Armed Forces]]. It also contains the [[Ministry of Defence Police]] Headquarters, the [[Defence Infrastructure Organisation]] Regional Headquarters, [[42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)]], and several other UK and Allied capabilities, authorities, and departments.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=24 May 2024 |title=RAF Wyton {{!}} Royal Air Force |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-wyton/}}</ref>

Located within the station, the Pathfinder Building is described as the "operations centre of [[Defence Intelligence]]" and the “largest Top Secret, [[Five Eyes|Five-Eyes]] by design, military intelligence fusion and assessment facility in the world."<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Nicholls |first=Dominic |date=2024-02-08 |title=RAF Wyton: Inside the 'jewel in the crown of British Defence Intelligence' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/08/inside-jewel-intelligence-crown-raf-wyton-china-russia/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside the UK's top-secret spy base preparing for war |url=https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the-uks-top-secret-spy-base-preparing-for-war-13066038 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Kim |date=2024-02-08 |title=Drones, missiles and white Russian horses: The UK intelligence agency you haven't heard of |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/defence-intelligence-monitor-terrorists-iran-russia-china-b2493062.html |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
===Flying station===
[[File:Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. CH776.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Percival Q.6 Petrel|Percival Petrel]] and [[Bristol Blenheim]] Mark IVs of No. 2 Group at Wyton between 1939 and 1941]]
[[File:Aerial travel for Business or Pleasure - Thos Cook & Son - 1919 - pp 16+ (map).jpg|thumb|upright|left|"Map of Air Routes and Landing Places in Great Britain, as temporarily arranged by the Air Ministry for civilian flying", published in 1919, showing "Wyton" as a "military and civil station", and as a stop on the route between [[Hounslow Aerodrome|Hounslow]], near London, and the north.]] 
Wyton has been a military airfield since 1916, when it was used for training by the [[Royal Flying Corps]] and then its successor the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF).<ref name=rafsite>{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-wyton/|title=RAF Wyton|publisher=Royal Air Force|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>

The following squadrons were posted to Wyton between 1916 and 1935:

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* [[No. 46 Squadron RAF|No. 46 Squadron RFC]] between 1916 and 1916.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=40}}
* [[No. 65 Squadron RAF|No. 65 Squadron RFC]] between 1916 and 1917.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=45}}
* [[No. 83 Squadron RAF|No. 83 Squadron RFC]] between 1917 and 1917.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=50}}
* [[No. 96 Squadron RAF]] between 1918 and 1918.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=53}}
* [[No. 104 Squadron RAF|No. 104 Squadron RFC]] between 1917 and 1917.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=54}}
* [[No. 117 Squadron RAF]] between 1918 and 1919.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=57}}
* [[No. 119 Squadron RAF]] between 1918 and 1918.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=57}}
* [[No. 120 Squadron RAF]] between 1918 and 1918.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=57}}
* [[No. 130 Squadron RAF]] between 1918 and 1918.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=59}}
* [[No. 156 Squadron RAF]] between 1918 and 1918.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=63}}
* [[No. 211 Squadron RAF]] between 1919 and 1919.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=70}}
}}
;Second World War

During the [[World War II|Second World War]] it was used primarily as a bomber base, flying [[Bristol Blenheim]], [[de Havilland Mosquito]] and [[Avro Lancaster]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/74-A-12-Avro-Lancaster-R5868.pdf|title=Avro Lancaster B.Mk.1 R5868/7325M Museum Accession Number 74/A/12|page=3|publisher=RAF Museum| access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>

Bristol Blenheim IV (N6215) of 139 Squadron became the first RAF aircraft to enter Germany in the Second World War on 3 September 1939, piloted by Flying Officer A. McPherson. He was awarded the DFC.<ref>[https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/research-enquiries/history-of-aviation-timeline/british-military-aviation/1939-2/ 1939 history]</ref>

In 1942 it became the home of the [[Pathfinder Force]] under the command of [[Group Captain]] [[Don Bennett]].<ref name=rafsite/>

The following squadrons were posted to Wyton between 1935 and 1939:
* [[No. 44 Squadron RAF|No. 44 Squadron]] between 1937 and 1937.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=39}}
* [[No. 114 Squadron RAF|No. 114 Squadron]] between 1936 and 1939.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=57}}
* [[No. 139 Squadron RAF|No. 139 Squadron]] between 1936 and 1939.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=60}}

The following squadrons were posted to Wyton between 1939 and 1945:
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* [[No. 15 Squadron RAF|No. 15 Squadron]] between 1939 and 1940.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=29}}
* No. 15 Squadron for a second time between 1940 and 1942.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=29}}
* [[No. 40 Squadron RAF|No. 40 Squadron]] between 1939 and 1941.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=38}}
* [[No. 57 Squadron RAF|No. 57 Squadron]] between 1940 and 1940.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=43}}
* No. 57 Squadron for a second time between 1940 and 1940.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=43}}
* [[No. 83 Squadron RAF|No. 83 Squadron]] for a second time between 1942 and 1944.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=50}}
* [[No. 105 Squadron RAF|No. 105 Squadron]] between 1942 and 1945
* [[No. 109 Squadron RAF|No. 109 Squadron]] between 1942 and 1942.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=55}}
* No. 109 Squadron for a second time between 1942 and 1943.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=55}}
* [[No. 128 Squadron RAF|No. 128 Squadron]] between 1944 and 1945.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=59}}
* [[No. 139 Squadron RAF|No. 139 Squadron]] for a second time between 1943 and 1944.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=60}}
* [[No. 156 Squadron RAF|No. 156 Squadron]] for a second time between 1945 and 1945.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=63}}
* [[No. 163 Squadron RAF|No. 163 Squadron]] between 1945 and 1945.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=64}}
}}
;Cold War

After the war Wyton became home to the [[English Electric Canberra]]s of the Strategic Reconnaissance Force.<ref name=vulcan>{{cite web|url=https://vulcantothesky.org/airfields/raf-wyton/|title=RAF Wyton|publisher=Vulcan to the Sky Trust| access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref> [[Vickers Valiant]]s arrived for [[No. 543 Squadron RAF|No. 543 Squadron]] in 1955 and a [[Handley Page Victor]] arrived for the Radar Reconnaissance Flight in 1959.<ref name=vulcan/>

In 1974, three [[Hawker Siddeley Nimrod#R1|Nimrod R1s]] belonging to [[No. 51 Squadron RAF|No. 51 Squadron]] arrived for use in the [[ELINT#ELINT|Elint]] and [[Signals intelligence#SIGINT versus MASINT|Sigint]] role, and in 1975, the T17 and T17A Canberras of [[No. 360 Squadron RAF|No. 360 Squadron]] arrived: this was a joint RAF and [[Royal Navy|RN]] Squadron specialising in [[Electronic countermeasures]] training.<ref name=vulcan/>

The following squadrons were posted to Wyton between 1946 and 2011:
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* [[No. 13 Squadron RAF|No. 13 Squadron]] between 1978 and 1982.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=28}}
* [[No. 15 Squadron RAF|No. 15 Squadron]] for a third time between 1946 and 1950.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=29}}
* [[No. 25 Squadron RAF|No. 25 Squadron]] between 1983 and 1989.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=33}}
* [[No. 26 Squadron RAF|No. 26 Squadron]] between 1969 and 1976.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=33}}
* [[No. 39 Squadron RAF|No. 39 Squadron]] between 1970 and 1982.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=38}}
* [[No. 44 Squadron RAF|No. 44 Squadron]] for a second time between 1946 and 1951.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=39}}
* [[No. 51 Squadron RAF|No. 51 Squadron]] between 1963 and 1995.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=41}}
* [[No. 58 Squadron RAF|No. 58 Squadron]] between 1953 and 1970.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=43}}
* [[No. 82 Squadron RAF|No. 82 Squadron]] between 1953 and 1956.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=50}}
*[[No. 85 Squadron RAF|No. 85 Squadron]] between 1989 and 1991<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bloodhoundmkii.org.uk/pdf/85_Disbands.pdf|title=RAF West Raynham Missile Squadron to be Disbanded|last=Raynham News|date=1991|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[No. 90 Squadron RAF|No. 90 Squadron]] between 1946 and 1950.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=52}}
* [[No. 100 Squadron RAF|No. 100 Squadron]] between 1956 and 1956.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=54}}
* No. 100 Squadron for a second time between 1982 and 19??.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=54}}
* [[No. 138 Squadron RAF|No. 138 Squadron]] between 1946 and 1950.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=60}}
* [[No. 207 Squadron RAF|No. 207 Squadron]] between 1969 and 1984.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=69}}
* [[No. 360 Squadron RAF|No. 360 Squadron]] between 1975 and 19??.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=89}}
* [[No. 540 Squadron RAF|No. 540 Squadron]] between 1953 and 1956.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=96}}
* [[No. 542 Squadron RAF|No. 542 Squadron]] between 1954 and 1955.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=97}}
* No. 542 Squadron for a second time between 1955 and 1955.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=97}}
* [[No. 543 Squadron RAF|No. 543 Squadron]] between 1955 and 1974.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=97}}
}}
;Post-Cold War

In the early 1990s one of its pilots was rugby union player Flight Lieutenant [[Rory Underwood]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/sport-rugby-union-pic-january-1989-raf-wyton-cambridgeshire-news-photo/78977288|title=Sport. Rugby Union. pic: January 1989. RAF. Wyton, Cambridgeshire. England wing Rory Underwood, a pilot flight-lieutenant in the RAF, poses in the cockpit his Canberra jet.|date=15 January 2008 |publisher=Getty Images| access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>

During a four-month period in 1989, two squadrons of U.S. Air Force [[Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II]] jets were operated out of RAF Wyton while the runway at their base, nearby [[RAF Alconbury]], was resurfaced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000402352.html |title=A-10A Thunderbolt of 511th Tactical Fighter Squadron/10th Tactical Fighter Wing on detachment to RAF Wyton in May 1989|publisher=Airport Data| access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>

In May 1995 both RAF Wyton and [[RAF Alconbury]] airfields were decommissioned and Wyton was formally amalgamated with [[RAF Brampton]], and later with [[RAF Henlow]] to make all three locations a single RAF Station under a single station commander for administrative purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-commanders/air-officer-scotland/|title=Air Officer Scotland: Air Vice Marshal Ross Paterson|publisher=Royal Air Force|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref> The airfield continued to host light aircraft for the Cambridge and London [[University Air Squadron]]s until they both moved to [[RAF Wittering]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/university-air-squadrons/squadrons/university-of-london-air-squadron/|title=University of London Air Squadron|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>

On 25 March 2013 it was decided to relocate all flying units from Wyton due to the high maintenance costs of the airfield.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-27 |title=RAF Wyton airfield to close as training flights are moved - but base still open for intelligence hub |url=https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/22986498.raf-wyton-airfield-close-training-flights-moved---base-still-open-intelligence-hub/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=The Hunts Post |language=en}}</ref>

Following the [[Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010|2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review]] the RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow formation was disbanded: [[RAF Henlow]] subsequently became a separate station again and RAF Brampton was demolished.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=13 January 2017 |title=Dramatic Footage Shows Demolition Of RAF Base |url=https://www.forces.net/services/raf/dramatic-footage-shows-demolition-raf-base |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=}}</ref>

=== Intelligence station ===
The [[Joint Forces Intelligence Group]] (JFIG), a unit which was responsible for the collection of [[Signals intelligence|signals]], [[Geospatial intelligence|geospatial]], [[Imagery intelligence|imagery]] and [[measurement and signature intelligence]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/joint-forces-intelligence-group-achieves-full-operating-capability-22092014|title=Joint Forces Intelligence Group Achieves Full Operating Capability|publisher=Ministry of Defence|date=22 September 2014|access-date=7 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075857/http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/joint-forces-intelligence-group-achieves-full-operating-capability-22092014|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> moved from Feltham in Middlesex to RAF Wyton in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-defence-intelligence-buildings-handed-over-to-mod--2 |title=New Defence Intelligence buildings handed over to MOD |publisher=Ministry of Defence |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.nga.mil/MediaRoom/Publications/Documents/Pathfinder%20Magazines/2012/2012_nov-dec.pdf |title=UK JARIC Transitions to Defence Geospatial and Intelligence Fusion Centre |date=November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216175819/https://www1.nga.mil/MediaRoom/Publications/Documents/Pathfinder%20Magazines/2012/2012_nov-dec.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2013}}</ref> [[42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)|42 Engineer Regiment]] relocated from [[Denison Barracks]] in [[Hermitage, Berkshire|Hermitage]] to RAF Wyton to co-locate with the Joint Forces Intelligence Group in July 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eagleeyeonline.co.uk/42-engr-regt-geo-arrive-at-raf-wyton/|title=42 Engr Regt (Geo) arrive at RAF Wyton|website=Eagleeyeonline.vo.uk|access-date=16 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201001431/http://www.eagleeyeonline.co.uk/42-engr-regt-geo-arrive-at-raf-wyton/|archive-date=1 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and No. 1 Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Squadron moved from [[RAF Marham]] to Wyton in April 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-12-18/120057|title=Air Force: Military Intelligence:Written question - 120057|last=Ellwood|first=Tobias|date=21 December 2017|website=UK Parliament|access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref>

In 2016, JFIG disbanded, and the bulk of its former units and capabilities were re-rolled to establish the [[National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence]].<ref name=":1" /> The NCGI is a [[1-star general|1-star]] commanded organisation<ref>{{Cite web |last=Drew |first=Rob |date=2021-03-26 |title=The National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence. InstRE. |url=https://www.instre.org/the-national-centre-for-geospatial-intelligence/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=The Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE) |language=en-GB}}</ref> which in recent years has monitored military and terrorist activities taking place in real time, such as:

* [[HMS Diamond (D34)|HMS Diamond]] in operations against the [[Red Sea crisis|Houthis in the Red Sea]]
* Unidentified radio signals coming from the Yemeni coast 
* Different types of drones being used by Russia in Ukraine, including the physical analysis of Russian [[Orlan-10]] and Iranian [[Shahed 131|Shaheed 131]] UAVs
* Development of Chinese [[DF-17]] hypersonic missiles
* Pyongyang sending artillery rounds and missiles to Russian forces in Ukraine

It is also involved in homeland security and played a vital part in the [[Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal|Salisbury poisoning]] investigation by tracing the [[Novichok]] trail.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />[[File:Wyton hangars 2013.JPG|thumb|Hangars in 2013]]

==Former units==

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'''Other units moved (now disbanded)'''

The following other units were posted to Wyton at some point:<ref name="ABCT">{{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/wyton/ |title=Wyton |publisher=[[Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust]]|access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>

* [[No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF]] (June 1982 - July 1992){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=211}}
* [[No. 2 Group Communication Flight RAF]] (January 1940 - May 1943){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=155}}
* [[No. 4 Blind Approach Training Flight RAF]] became [[No. 1504 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF]] (December 1940 - August 1942){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=125}}
* [[No. 7 Group Communication Flight RAF]] (July 1940 - September 1941){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=155}}
* [[8th Aero Squadron]]
* [[No. 8 Group Communication Flight RAF]] (August 1942 - October 1945){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=155}}
* [[No. 8 Group RAF|No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Group RAF]] (August 1942 - May 1943){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=149}}
* No. 13 Aircraft Modification Unit RAF (March - August 1946){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=42}}
* [[No. 70 Wing RAF|No. 70 (Bomber) Wing RAF]]
* [[No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit RAF]] (July 1982 - December 1990, May 1991 - April 1993){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=197}}
* [[No. 1323 (Canberra) Flight RAF]] (October 1953 - November 1955){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=119}}
* [[No. 1409 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]] (January - July 1945){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=120}}
* [[No. 1499 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight RAF]] (March - June 1943){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=125}}
* [[No. 1655 Mosquito Training Unit RAF]]
* [[No. 2730 Squadron RAF Regiment]]
* [[No. 2763 Squadron RAF Regiment]]
* [[No. 2781 Squadron RAF Regiment]]
* [[No. 2844 Squadron RAF Regiment]]
* Canberra Air Race Flight RAF (June - October 1953){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=82}}
* [[Canberra Standardisation and Training Flight RAF]] (December 1990 - May 1991){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=82}}
* Electronic Warfare Division RAF became Electronic Warfare Detachment RAF (Unknown - December 1994){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=102}}
* Electronic Warfare Engineering and Training Unit RAF (-1976) became Electronic Warfare and Avionics Unit RAF (1976-1993){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=102}}
* Electronic Warfare Operational Support Establishment RAF (1983-1995) becoming part of Air Warfare Centre 1993{{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=102}}
* Equipment Support (Air) Group RAF (November 1999 - unknown){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=108}}
* Ground Controlled Approach Operators School RAF (March 1952){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=148}}
* Logistics Command RAF (April 1995 - April 2000){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=173}}
* [[Radar Reconnaissance Flight RAF]] (October 1955 - September 1961){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=213}}
* Cambridgeshire Police Air Operations Unit 

'''Currently operational units moved'''

On 25 March 2013 it was decided to relocate the following flying units from Wyton due to the high maintenance costs of the airfield.<ref name="DERU">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/167929/wms_de_rationalisation_update.pdf|title=Defence Estate Rationalisation Update|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] (MoD)|access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref>

*[[No. 57 Squadron RAF|57(R) Squadron]] relocated to [[RAF Cranwell]] in Summer 2013.<ref name="DERU" />
*[[University Air Squadron|Cambridge University Air Squadron]] relocated to [[RAF Wittering]] in mid-2014.<ref name="DERU" />
*[[University of London Air Squadron]] relocated to RAF Wittering in mid-2014.<ref name="DERU" />
*[[Air Experience Flight|5 Air Experience Flight]] also relocated to RAF Wittering in mid-2014.<ref name="DERU" />
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==Based units==
Notable units based at RAF Wyton.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RAF Wyton|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-wyton/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 April 2021|website=Royal Air Force}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=DCMA United Kingdom {{!}} Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire|url=https://www.dcma.mil/CareersArchive/Careers/Locations/International-Locations/DCMA-Europe/DCMA-United-Kingdom/DCMA-United-Kingdom-Huntingdon-Cambridgeshire/|access-date=25 April 2021|website=Defense Contract Management Agency}}</ref>
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=== Strategic Command ===
'''[[Defence Intelligence]]'''
* [[National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI)]]
'''[[Defence Digital]]'''
* Defence Assurance and Information Security
=== Royal Air Force ===
'''[[No. 1 Group RAF|No. 1 Group (Air Combat) RAF]]'''
* [[RAF Wyton Area Voluntary Band]]
'''[[No. 22 Group RAF|No. 22 Group (Training) RAF]]'''
*Headquarters, Central & Eastern Region, [[Air Training Corps]]
*Headquarters, Bedfordshire and Cambridgshire Wing, Air Training Corps
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=== British Army ===
'''[[Royal Engineers]]'''
* [[42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)]]
** 13 Geographic Squadron
** 14 Geographic Squadron
** 16 Geographic Support Squadron
** [[135 Geographic Squadron Royal Engineers|135 Geographic Squadron]] 

=== Ministry of Defence ===
* [[Defence Infrastructure Organisation]] 
* Defence Intelligence Estates Rationalisation Team (PRIDE)
* [[Ministry of Defence Police]]

=== United States Department of Defense ===
* [[Defense Contract Management Agency|Defense Contract Management Agency – United Kingdom]]
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==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom|Aviation}}
* [[List of Royal Air Force stations]]
*[[RAF Wyton Area Voluntary Band]]

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
*{{cite book |last1=Birtles|first1=Philip|title=UK Airfields of the Cold War |year=2012 |publisher= Midland Publishing|isbn=978-1-85780-346-4}}
*{{cite book |last1=Jefford |first1=C G |title=RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 |year=1988 |publisher=Airlife |location=[[Shrewsbury]] |isbn= 1-85310-053-6}}
*{{cite book |last1=Lake |first1=A |title=Flying units of the RAF |year=1999 |publisher= Airlife |location=[[Shrewsbury]] |isbn=1-84037-086-6}}
*{{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=R.|last2=Hamlin|first2=J.|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912 |year=2007 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location= UK|isbn=978-0851-3036-59}}
* RAF Annual Review 2012

==External links==
{{Commons category|RAF Wyton}}
* [https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-wyton/ Official site]
* [https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/units/raf-wyton-voluntary-band/ RAF Wyton Area Voluntary Band]

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