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1976 was a very hot and dry summer, here are few photos from a brown and dry Wattisham taken on 15th July and kindly sent to us by the photographer himself, Hendrik van Broekhuizen. Thanks go to Hendrik for sharing these images.
Wattisham hosted the rotary wing elements of the 2023 Trooping the Colour flypast over Buckingham Palace. A report on the event is published here…..
A photo report on-base from the 2023 Families Day is published here
A look back at the detachment of RAF Harriers to Wattisham in October 2003. Photo report is here.
In 2003 the nearby airfield at Elmsett was used as a staging post for a NATO firepower demonstration at Wattisham. A photo report of the event is here.
An update to the 1985 movements is available here…..
A visit to the Gila Bend Auxiliary Airfield next to the Barry M. Goldwater range to see the airframes that are destined for use as range targets. Report is here…….
A brief report on a visit to the Harrier Heritage Centre at RAF Wittering is published here….
A report from our visit to NAS North Island in California in 2018 is available here…
1st November 2022 saw the latest three brand new AH-64Es delivered into Wattisham by road following their air-freight arrival at Mildenhall. ZM720, ZM724 and ZM726 are the aircraft involved, and this brings to 25 the number of AH-64Es delivered into the UK (out of 50 on order).