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USA: Armed Forces

Volume 471: debated on Monday 28 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many US visiting forces are based at each location in the UK. (181873)

The latest available figures listed as follows have been provided by the United States Visiting Force (USVF). They are approximate figures and include US military and their supporting civilian component. In most cases it has not been possible to provide figures for each location made available to the USVF because the USVF database only records its numbers by command and not by location.

USVF command/location

Number of USVF

100th Air Refuelling Wing (includes HQ Third Air Force staff)

RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk

3,400

48th Fighter Wing

RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk

15,190

RAF Feltwell, Norfolk

1

501st Combat Support Wing—420th Air Base Group

RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire

2240

RAF Welford, Berkshire

2

501st Combat Support Wing—423rd Air Base Group

RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire

3425

RAF Molesworth, Cambridgeshire

3

RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire

3

501st Combat Support Wing—422nd Air Base Group

RAF Croughton, Northants

4330

RAF Barford St. John, Oxfordshire

4

Blenheim Crescent, London5

4

Edison House, London6

4

Providence Court, London7

4

501st Combat Support Wing—421st Air Base Group and National Security Agency

RAF Menwith Hill, North Yorkshire

1,400

Joint Maritime Facility, RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall

130

5 The USVF is currently in the process of moving staff into Blenheim Crescent, London, with the final total expected to be around 120. 16 October 2007, Official Report, column 943W refers.

6 There will be no USVF presence at Edison House, London, after the lease expires on that building on 31 January 2008.

7 A total of 17 US personnel are assigned to 2 Providence Court, London as stated in my answer of 13 November 2007, Official Report, column 122W.