Air Force: Military Bases

Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) name and (b) rank is of the RAF Commander at (i) RAF Croughton, (ii) RAF Menwith Hill, (iii) RAF Fairford, (iv) RAF Molesworth, (v) RAF Feltwell, (vi) RAF Lakenheath, (vii) RAF Mildenhall, (viii) RAF Upwood, (ix) RAF Barford St John, (x) RAF Alconbury, (xi) RAF Wyton, (xii) RAF Digby, (xiii) RAF St Mawgan, (xiv) RAF Blenheim Crescent and (xv) RAF Welford; and how many RAF personnel are based at each.

Bill Rammell
The rank of the RAF Commander and the name and rank of the Station Commander, together with the number of RAF personnel based at the RAF bases in the table are as follows:

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|Base                 |Position         |Name/rank      |Number of RAF personnel|
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|RAF Croughton        |RAF Commander    |Squadron Leader|1                      |
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|RAF Barford St. John |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Blenheim Crescent|                 |               |                       |
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|                     |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Menwith Hill     |RAF Commander    |Squadron Leader|3                      |
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|                     |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Fairford         |RAF Commander    |Squadron Leader|1                      |
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|RAF Welford          |                 |               |                       |
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|                     |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Alconbury        |RAF Commander    |Squadron Leader|2                      |
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|RAF Molesworth       |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Upwood           |                 |               |                       |
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|                     |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Lakenheath       |RAF Commander    |Squadron Leader|1                      |
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|RAF Feltwell         |                 |               |                       |
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|                     |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Mildenhall       |RAF Commander    |Squadron Leader|5                      |
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|                     |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Wyton            |Station Commander|Group Captain  |850                    |
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|RAF Brampton         |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Henlow           |                 |               |                       |
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|                     |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF Digby            |Station Commander|Group Captain  |290                    |
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|                     |                 |               |                       |
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|RAF St. Mawgan       |Station Commander|Wing Commander |140                    |
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The names of the RAF Commanders have been withheld in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.