RAF Leeming: Northern England's go-to airbase crucial to UK defence
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Published 2024-07-12
Among the many units calling the base home, 11 Squadron Qatari Emiri Air Force, sees the next generation of Qatari and British fighter pilots learning their craft, side-by-side, on Hawk T2 jets.
But this task, vital as it is to both the air forces of Qatar and the UK, is just one part of a much wider defence picture operating out of the base. It's also home to one of the country's busiest Mountain Rescue teams and its runway handles 22,000 aircraft movements per year - more than some civilian airports.
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All Comments (21)
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When I was a kid, I got to sit in a Jet Provost at RAF Leeming. It's an experience that you don't forget growing up. A big thank you to the pilots who volunteered their time.
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Was posted into Leeming on my return from Germany in 1988, first thing they issued me on arrival was a pair of Wellington boots and a couple of pairs of seaboot socks, it turned out the base was just one huge construction site at the time, I spent the first six months there working out of what used to be the rugby clubhouse until they actually finished building our maintenance bay.
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Of all those involved in the early days of WW2, Flight Lieutenant George Desmond Graham, is credited with taking the most prominent role in the creation of the MRS by constantly bombarding the Air Ministry with requests for equipment and training; he had been posted to RAF Llandwrog in North Wales (now Caernarvon airfield) in 1941 and by the end of 1942 his ad-hoc activities had resulted in 10 lives being saved. His pertinacity resulted in the creation of the RAF MRS in 1943 and he opened his unofficial log book* for the Llandwrog team on 6th July 1943; he was awarded the MBE for services to Mountain Rescue.
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Thank you, RAF!
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When i was a kid late 70's i lived next to the airfield at leeming great fun growing up there as my father was a aircraft refueler i got to sit in most aircraft including f4's volcan bomber hawker hurrycane wonderfull times
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😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 fancying inside of raf!
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Its a very good base
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No mention of 90SU? The comms backbone of the RAF?
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how thing have changed in 15 years!!!
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Missed opportunity to also introduce the University air Squadrons.
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missed a few exclusive sqdrns because i visited leeming in my cadets as it’s my local base
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I hate to admit this but I am really unlucky at RAF Leeming, it always seems to unfortunately rain when I either pass or visit the viewing area, I even went to an Airshow at Leeming and it was really horrid half way through the Flying Display so unfortunately I can no longer go near the place....
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Why is it that Leeming isn't shown on Flight Radar when all other bases are?
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What is the eagle carrying a sword patch 6:45? Not seen it beforre...
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Missed off any mention of what is probably the largest unit located on the station!
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RAF Leeming != One one the busiest bases.
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7:49 - Panel on aircraft: ‘RVSM Critical Area’. What’s that?
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Might be me, but this actually shows how desperate we’ve become….two from six pilots are trained for the RAF. I genuinely doubt our ability to defend ourselves.
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"i'll bet you a tenner I can do the whole piece to camera on helium....watch this.."
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Defence makes a lot more sense since fence is a word that is synonymous with protection now for some tea and biscuits with clotted cream
