RAF Benson (Q2123959)

  • matcher place: South Oxfordshire (relation 299097)
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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. Flying squadrons comprise No. 33 Squadron flying the Puma, No. 22 Squadron which provides operational evaluation and training for all aircraft in Joint Aviation Command and No. 28 Squadron, which is the combined Puma and Boeing Chinook HC6A training unit. Other units include the Oxford University Air Squadron and No. 6 Air Experience Flight, both flying the Grob Tutor T1 light training aircraft used for student and cadet flying training. The National Police Air Service and the Thames Valley Air Ambulance are also based at the station, both operating Airbus H135 helicopters.

Wikidata location: 51.6164, -1.0958 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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relation: RAF Benson (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
ele: 69
iata: BEX
icao: EGUB
name: RAF Benson
is_in: Benson
phone: +44 1491 837766
source: wikipedia
aeroway: aerodrome
landuse: military
website: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-benson/
military: airfield
operator: Royal Air Force
wikidata: Q2123959
wikipedia: en:RAF Benson
contact:twitter: https://twitter.com/RAFBenson
contact:facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RAFBenson/
contact:instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RAFBensonOfficial
operator:wikidata: Q165862

wikidata match: Q2123959

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station (Q12819564) public_transport=station
military facility (Q18691599) military
air transport infrastructure (Q20977775) aeroway
military base (Q245016) military=base
building (Q41176) building=yes, building
public transport stop (Q548662) public_transport=platform, public_transport=stop_position
aerodrome (Q62447) aeroway=aerodrome
air base (Q695850) military=airfield

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Royal Air Force stations in Oxfordshire site=military, type=site, military, landuse=military
Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom site=military, type=site, military, landuse=military