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- RAF_Machrihanish abstract "RAF Machrihanish is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west of Campbeltown at the tip of Kintyre. In May, 2012, the site was sold for £1 to a local consortium, Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC) who now operate the site as a commercial business park. It also incorporates Campbeltown Airport which has commercial flights to Glasgow, operated by Loganair.The United States maintained a Navy SEAL commando unit, a 20-person team known as Naval Special Warfare Detachment 1 (The other overseas Naval Special Warfare Detachments, 2 and 3 were based at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, and Subic Bay, Philippines) at the airfield and the Royal Marines occasionally use the facility for training exercises. The civilian airport is located at the opposite end of the station from the hangars, bunkers and the SEAL building.In July or August 1918, RAF Machrihanish opened for the first time operating as a sub-station of the RNAS airship station based at Luce Bay. The airfield was part of No. 25 Group RAF, North West Area, with No. 272 Squadron RAF stationed there. The station closed in December 1918, when the last squadron to be posted there was disbanded. (Secret Scotland Wiki)No 772 Naval Air Squadron arrived at Machrihanish in July 1940 as Portland, its previous base, had become a prime target for the Luftwaffe since the fall of France. Thus the squadron and the anti-submarine school both moved north. 766 Naval Air Squadron (Operational Training Unit) arrived in August 1942. 768 Naval Air Squadron (Deck Landing Training) also arrived in the middle of 1943. In addition to its resident squadrons, records indicate a further ten front line squadrons were stationed there in spring 1942. A large number of other squadrons used the base for training for short periods. (Secret Scotland Wiki)During the Cold War, Machrihanish was a strategically important North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airfield, with its location giving immediate access to patrol & support naval operation over the North Atlantic. It was also valuable as a stopping point for transatlantic military flights.At 3,049 m (10,003 ft), the original runway 11/29 at Campbeltown Airport was the longest of any public airport in Scotland. It was built between 1960 and 1962 as part of a major reconstruction for the airport's role in NATO. It was certified to accept NASA's Space Shuttle should it have needed to make an emergency landing in Europe.An answer to the House of Commons in 2004 reveals that the airfield was handed over by the United States Navy back to Ministry of Defence control on 30 June 1995.The station remains under what is termed under "care and maintenance" — this allows the airfield to be used by civilian airlines, which may conduct scheduled and charter flights from the aerodrome. The MoD were responsible for the upkeep of the aerodrome until the community buyout in 2012, which may sometimes be used by military detachments whilst on exercise. During times of conflict or national emergency, the aerodrome could revert to its intended military use. In 2005 the MoD were still reported to be considering reactivating the airfield.On 14 May 2009, it was announced that the station would be made available for sale, and it was subsequently sold to Machrihanish Airbase Community Company on 11 May 2012 who aim to develop the site for the benefit of the local community. The land and properties are available to lease from their commercial subsidiary MACC Developments Ltd.".
- RAF_Machrihanish city Campbeltown.
- RAF_Machrihanish elevation "12.8016".
- RAF_Machrihanish iataLocationIdentifier "CAL".
- RAF_Machrihanish icaoLocationIdentifier "EGEC".
- RAF_Machrihanish location Kintyre.
- RAF_Machrihanish location Scotland.
- RAF_Machrihanish operator Highlands_and_Islands_Airports.
- RAF_Machrihanish runwayDesignation "11/29".
- RAF_Machrihanish runwayLength "1750.0".
- RAF_Machrihanish runwaySurface "Asphalt".
- RAF_Machrihanish thumbnail Control_Tower,_Campbeltown_Airport.jpg?width=300.
- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageExternalLink www.machrihanish.org.
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- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageLength "7021".
- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageOutDegree "36".
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- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink 772_Naval_Air_Squadron.
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- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Airports_established_in_1918.
- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Community_buyouts_in_Scotland.
- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink Category:NATO_installations_in_the_United_Kingdom.
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- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink Category:United_States_Naval_Special_Warfare_Command.
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- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink Kintyre.
- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink Loganair.
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- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink RNAS_Machrihanish_(HMS_Landrail).
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- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Marines.
- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
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- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLinkText "Machrihanish".
- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLinkText "MoD Machrihanish".
- RAF_Machrihanish wikiPageWikiLinkText "RAF Machrihanish".
- RAF_Machrihanish caption "Control Tower".
- RAF_Machrihanish cityServed Campbeltown.
- RAF_Machrihanish coordinatesRegion "GB-AGB".
- RAF_Machrihanish coordinatesType "airport".
- RAF_Machrihanish elevationF "42".
- RAF_Machrihanish footnotes "Sources: UK AIP at NATS".
- RAF_Machrihanish footnotes "Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority".
- RAF_Machrihanish hasPhotoCollection RAF_Machrihanish.
- RAF_Machrihanish iata "CAL".
- RAF_Machrihanish icao "EGEC".
- RAF_Machrihanish latd "55".
- RAF_Machrihanish latm "26".
- RAF_Machrihanish latns "N".
- RAF_Machrihanish lats "15".
- RAF_Machrihanish location Kintyre.
- RAF_Machrihanish location Scotland.
- RAF_Machrihanish longd "5".
- RAF_Machrihanish longew "W".
- RAF_Machrihanish longm "41".
- RAF_Machrihanish longs "17".
- RAF_Machrihanish metricRwy "Y".
- RAF_Machrihanish name "Machrihanish Airbase".
- RAF_Machrihanish nativename "(MoD Machrihanish, RAF Machrihanish)".
- RAF_Machrihanish nativenameA "(Campbeltown Airport)".
- RAF_Machrihanish nativenameR "(Port-adhair Ceann Loch)".
- RAF_Machrihanish operator "HIAL".
- RAF_Machrihanish operator "MACC Developments Ltd.( )".
- RAF_Machrihanish owner "Machrihanish Airbase Community Company".
- RAF_Machrihanish pushpinLabel "EGEC".
- RAF_Machrihanish pushpinMap "Scotland Argyll and Bute".
- RAF_Machrihanish pushpinMapCaption "Location in Argyll and Bute".
- RAF_Machrihanish r1LengthM "1750".
- RAF_Machrihanish r1Number "11".
- RAF_Machrihanish r1Surface Asphalt.
- RAF_Machrihanish stat1Data "3674".
- RAF_Machrihanish stat1Header "Movements".
- RAF_Machrihanish stat2Data "9181".
- RAF_Machrihanish stat2Header "Passengers".
- RAF_Machrihanish statYear "2007".
- RAF_Machrihanish type "Public".