RAF Stafford

RAF Stafford
near Stafford, Staffordshire, England
RAF Stafford's gate guardian is a Hawker Siddeley Harrier
RAF Stafford
Coordinates	52°49′41.62″N 02°05′57.56″W / 52.8282278°N 2.0993222°W / 52.8282278; -2.0993222Coordinates: 52°49′41.62″N 02°05′57.56″W / 52.8282278°N 2.0993222°W / 52.8282278; -2.0993222
Type	Military base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Site history
Built	1930s
In use	1930s–2006

RAF Stafford was a non-flying Royal Air Force station in Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

History

The station was originally established as the home of No. 16 Maintenance Unit in the 1930s.^[1] It became home to No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron in 1958.^[2]

Closure

In April 2004 it was announced that units from RAF Stafford would be moved to RAF Wittering, effectively closing the station. RAF Stafford officially ceased to be an RAF station on 31 March 2006 to become Beacon Barracks.^[3]

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