There is no RAF base located in Basingstoke, near Reading. The nearest RAF base is RAF Brize Norton, situated in Oxfordshire, approximately 30 miles from Basingstoke. Basingstoke itself does not host any military airfields or bases.
There are two, RAF Valley and RAF Mona.
RAF Brize Norton
Yes there is. Near the bank.
Yes, I was lucky enough to see Nellie Lutcher and the King Cole trio at the Empire Liverpool. Aged 19 and serving in the RAF at RAF Fazackerly. Nellie was fantastic, the trio superb, but Nat never sang. He later appeared in my home town Stoke-on-Trent at the Victoria Hall Hanley, I think I may have still been in the RAF at the time but I don't know the date. Harry O Stoke.
RAF Brize Norton
The RAF Police act as Police do in any community. They are also often the Gate guard if there is no RAF Regiment presence on a base.
The Fire Brigade don't fly aircraft or carry offensive weapons. The RAF has it's own 'Fire Brigade' operated by the RAF Regiment on each RAF base.
6 Squadron RAF Leuchars3 Squadron RAF Coningsby17 Squadron RAF Coningsby29 Squadron RAF Coningsby11 Squadron RAF Coningsby
The American Air Force base in Somerset is called RAF Fairford.
The motto of RAF Binbrook was "Per Ardua Ad Astra," which translates to "Through Adversity to the Stars." This phrase reflects the resilience and determination associated with the Royal Air Force. RAF Binbrook, which operated from 1940 until its closure in 1994, served primarily as a base for fighter squadrons.
RAF Lakenhealth is based in Suffolk and is a joint airforce base shared with the US Airforce. Lakenhealth is know as the Statue of Liberty Wing and is the only airforce bases to have both a number and name.
Raf Rogers goes by Raf, and Hafa.