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Former Royal Air Force station in Fife, Scotland
Royal Air Force Leuchars or more simply RAF Leuchars (IATA: ADX, ICAO: EGQL) is a former Royal Air Force station located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east
RAF_Leuchars
British Army installation and airfield in Fife, Scotland
Leuchars Station (IATA: ADX, ICAO: EGQL) is a British Army installation located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland, near to the historic
Leuchars_Station
Human settlement in Scotland
1937. Article on Leuchars. Places are presented alphabetically "Leuchars". Fife Place-name Data. Retrieved 8 December 2020. "Leuchars Castle". Canmore
Leuchars
Royal Air Force main operating base in Moray, Scotland
north-east Scotland. Since the closure of RAF Leuchars in 2015, Lossiemouth is the only operational RAF station in Scotland. It is one of two main operating
RAF_Lossiemouth
Royal Air Force main operating base in Lincolnshire, England
Fleet Air Arm, with twenty of these ending up at RAF Leuchars, and Ark Royal's Phantoms ended up at Leuchars in 1978. HMS Eagle was never converted to Phantom
RAF_Coningsby
In March 2003, Røder was charged with damaging a Tornado bomber at RAF Leuchars in Scotland. She was again held on remand in Cornton Vale prison but
Ulla_Røder
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Unit for the Panavia Tornado F.3 at RAF Leuchars, Fife. Since 22 April 2008, the squadron has been based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, and serves
No._56_Squadron_RAF
Railway station in Fife, Scotland
Leuchars railway station (/ˈljuːxərs/ LEW-khərs, sometimes known as Leuchars (for St. Andrews)) serves the towns of Leuchars and St Andrews in Fife, Scotland
Leuchars_railway_station
1994 multi-role combat aircraft family by Eurofighter
stood up at RAF Leuchars on 6 September 2010, making Leuchars the second RAF base to operate the Typhoon. On 20 March 2011 ten Typhoons from RAF Coningsby
Eurofighter_Typhoon
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (born 1969)
Commanding No. 13 Squadron RAF. In January 2013, Mayhew was appointed Air Officer Scotland and Officer Commanding RAF Leuchars. One of his main duties was
Gerry_Mayhew
Lyneham ended their role from 1 March 1991, leaving Brize Norton, Manston, Leuchars and St Mawgan with the role. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U
List of former Royal Air Force stations
List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations
Unit RAF caught fire on landing at RAF Coltishall and was not repaired. 7 September 1967 - Lightning F6 XR766 of No. 23 Squadron RAF from RAF Leuchars was
List of accidents and incidents involving the English Electric Lightning
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning
RAF officer
Officer Scotland and Station Commander RAF Leuchars in 2009 and, in that role, led the transformation of RAF Leuchars from being a Tornado base into a Typhoon
Harry_Atkinson_(RAF_officer)
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
numerous "aces". The squadron last operated the Panavia Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland, in the air defence role, until it was disbanded in July 2009
No._43_Squadron_RAF
Force security element of Royal Air Force
Squadron RAF Regiment, RAF Aldergrove, (Field) No. 27 Squadron RAF Regiment, RAF Leuchars, (Air Defence, 8x Rapier launch stations) No. 48 Squadron RAF Regiment
RAF_Regiment
Royal Air Force officer
into the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 30 September 1990. He became Air Officer Scotland and station commander at RAF Leuchars in 2011, Assistant Chief of
Gavin_Parker
Royal Air Force helicopter search and rescue unit, 1941-2016
Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force (RAF SARF or RAF SAR Force) was a unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF) which provided around-the-clock aeronautical
RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
until both 228 OCU and 64 Squadron were disbanded on 31 January 1991 at RAF Leuchars. No. 64 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed at Sedgeford in Norfolk
No._64_Squadron_RAF
Military unit
incarnation saw it again training night fighter crews, this time at RAF Leuchars. The aircraft was again the Javelin and the training particularly emphasised
No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
No._228_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
Royal Air Force Base, Leuchars (1920-25) became Royal Air Force Training Base Leuchars Royal Air Force College (1920-39, 1946-) RAF College of Air Warfare
List of Royal Air Force units & establishments
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_units_&_establishments
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Officers since reformation of No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn at RAF Leuchars (now Leuchars Station) in 1997 Rawlings 1982, p. 237. Halley 1988, p. 429. Bowyer
No._612_Squadron_RAuxAF
Regiment Units In The Royal Air Force
This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with
List_of_RAF_Regiment_units
Series of interceptor aircraft
F3s in RAF service were retired when No. 111 (F) Squadron, located at RAF Leuchars, was disbanded on 22 March 2011. In addition to the RAF's Tornado
Panavia_Tornado_ADV
Family of multi-role combat aircraft
The aircraft was on a routine training flight from No. 43 Squadron RAF Leuchars in Fife resulting in 2 crew killed in the accident. The crew were pilot
Panavia_Tornado
Royal Air Force operations group
the Tornado F3 from RAF Leeming and 43 Squadron and 111 Squadron at RAF Leuchars; 8 Squadron flew Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 from RAF Waddington, 5 Squadron
No._11_Group_RAF
well as RAF Leuchars in Fife which closed in 2014), leaving RAF Lossiemouth as the only flying base operating in Scotland. The closure of Leuchars was predicted
Royal_Air_Force_station
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
in air defence from RAF Leuchars, Scotland until March 2011, when the squadron was disbanded, ending Tornado F3 service in the RAF. No. 111 Squadron of
No._111_Squadron_RAF
British combat aircraft
were handed over to the RAF and used to form a second squadron at Leuchars. At the time, No. 111 Squadron was stationed at Leuchars operating the Phantom
McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service
McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_in_UK_service
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
scheduled to reform in 2008 at RAF Leuchars in Fife. However, this was delayed until 2010, with the squadron reforming at RAF Leuchars on 6 September 2010, when
No._6_Squadron_RAF
Royal Air Force base in Suffolk, England (1939–1993)
Phantom FGR.2. The disbandment of No. 228 OCU on 31 January 1991 at RAF Leuchars, saw the reformation of the Phantom Training Flight as part of No. 74(F)
RAF_Wattisham
Readiness policy by NATO air forces
2014, with 1 Sqn moving in August 2014. QRA North was moved from RAF Leuchars to RAF Lossiemouth in September 2014. The first QRA sortie from Lossiemouth
Quick_Reaction_Alert
Former RAF station in Norfolk, England
1960, after arriving the year before. No. 74 (F) Squadron relocated to RAF Leuchars in Scotland on 2 March 1964. No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU)
RAF_Coltishall
Flight RAF (??-1944) Target Facilities Flight RAF, Binbrook (1966–73) Target Facilities Flight RAF, Leuchars (1966–73) Target Facilities Flight RAF, Wattisham
List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_independent_flights
1939–1974 British state-owned airline
Lockheed Lodestar G-AGDE crashed into the sea off Leuchars, Scotland on a flight from RAF Leuchars to Stockholm-Bromma Airport. The accident killed all
British Overseas Airways Corporation
British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation
Former Royal Air Force station in West Sussex, England
RAF Leuchars. No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron AAF operated at the airfield between 18 August 1942 and 23 September 1942 with detachments at RAF Wick
RAF_Thorney_Island
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm
to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and the US. While stationed at RAF Leuchars from August 1973, it also provided aircraft for the Quick Reaction Alert
892_Naval_Air_Squadron
Photoreconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force
flights of No. 1 PRU at RAF Leuchars as a photoreconnaissance unit with the de Havilland Mosquito. It operated from Leuchars to carry out missions over
No._540_Squadron_RAF
Military unit
former deployable Expeditionary Air Wing of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. The current wing was established on 1 April 2006 the
No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing
No._125_Expeditionary_Air_Wing
Interceptor aircraft, British, 1960s–1980s
(1975–1987) RAF Stations RAF Akrotiri RAF Binbrook RAF Coltishall RAF Geilenkirchen RAF Gütersloh RAF Leconfield RAF Middleton St George RAF Leuchars RAF Tengah
English_Electric_Lightning
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Squadron's Blue Diamonds as the RAF's official display team. On 2 March 1964, the squadron moved up to RAF Leuchars in Scotland, before getting the Lightning
No._74_Squadron_RAF
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
No1(F) Squadron". raf.mod.uk. RAF. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012. "Typhoon Force Grows as Historic Squadron Reforms at Leuchars". raf.mod.uk. 15 September
No._1_Squadron_RAF
Royal Air Force training base in Shropshire, England
Air Force (RAF) air show that is officially supported by the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom, following the closure of RAF Leuchars, and the runway
RAF_Cosford
British RAF officer
association. "RAF Akrotiri Station Museum". Retrieved 29 December 2018. "Senior RAF appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2018. "RAF Leuchars celebrates
Clive_Bairsto
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
flying the Hurricane during The Blitz. The squadron was reformed again at RAF Leuchars, Scotland on 15 September 1951 as a night fighter unit, initially operating
No._151_Squadron_RAF
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
squadron moved to RAF Acklington in Northumberland where it was re-equipped with Gloster Javelins. In July 1958, it relocated to RAF Leuchars in Fife. In February
No._29_Squadron_RAF
Former Royal Air Force headquarters in Fife, Scotland
a new home for it proposed at RAF Leuchars, also in Fife. In the event, the national RCC was established in 1997 at RAF Kinloss in Moray and became known
RAF_Pitreavie_Castle
British interceptor aircraft
23 Squadron RAF : April 1957 to September 1964, initially based at RAF Horsham St Faith and then at RAF Coltishall, moving to RAF Leuchars in March 1963
Gloster_Javelin
Defence) at the Ministry of Defence in 1972 and Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1975. He went on to be air attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1977 and
Robert_Davis_(RAF_officer)
German trainer aircraft
Air Squadron – RAF Wittering East Midlands Universities Air Squadron – RAF Cranwell East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron – Leuchars Station Universities
Grob_G_115
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
at RAF Finningley and it had flights at: A Flight – RAF Chivenor, Devon B Flight – RAF Leuchars, Fife C Flight – RAF Valley, Anglesey D Flight – RAF Leconfield
No._22_Squadron_RAF
Senior RAF officer for Scotland
Air Region post was being disestablished). The station commander of RAF Leuchars became an air commodore with the additional role of being Air Officer
Air_Officer_Scotland
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
from Gibraltar in 1943, providing imagery of North Africa, and from RAF Leuchars in the same year with missions flown into Norway looking for the battleship
No._541_Squadron_RAF
This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Leuchars in Fife, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX
List of listed buildings in Leuchars, Fife
List_of_listed_buildings_in_Leuchars,_Fife
aircraft back to RAF Marham (its point of origin). 2009 2 July 2009 - ZE982, a Tornado F3 aircraft (of No. 43 Squadron RAF) from RAF Leuchars, crashed into
List of fatal accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft from 1945
List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_from_1945
Former Royal Air Force station in South Ayrshire, Scotland (1936–2013)
was based at RAF Kinloss in Moray. The unit at RAF Prestwick was parented by RAF Leuchars in Fife. The following units were based at RAF Prestwick at
RAF_Prestwick
British operations of the 1991 Gulf War
British bases then housing F3s, RAF Leuchars, RAF Leeming, and RAF Coningsby, with 27 air crew and 350 ground personnel. RAF ground personnel and aircraft
Operation_Granby
Organisation and equipment in 1989
and Rescue Wing, RAF Finningley No. 22 Squadron RAF — SAR, four flights of 2x Wessex HC2 at RAF Chivenor, RAF Leuchars, RAF Valley, RAF Coltishall No. 202
Outline of the British Royal Air Force at the end of the Cold War
Outline_of_the_British_Royal_Air_Force_at_the_end_of_the_Cold_War
Former RAF station in Angus, Scotland
1951, flying these first from RAF Leuchars and later from RAF Edzell and, when the runway was extended, again from RAF Dyce until disbandment on 10 March
RAF_Edzell
Senior Royal Air Force officer
serving the front line North Sea interceptors of No. 222 Squadron RAF at RAF Leuchars in October 1957 as a flight commander on promotion to flight lieutenant
John_Howe_(RAF_officer)
Military unit
of East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron based at Leuchars Station. The Royal Air Force (RAF) Air Experience Flights (AEF) are integrated with University
No. 12 Air Experience Flight RAF
No._12_Air_Experience_Flight_RAF
Springs, Maryland, United States UTC−05:00 Mar-Nov ADX EGQL Leuchars Station (formerly RAF Leuchars) St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom UTC+00:00 Mar-Oct
List of airports by IATA airport code: A
List_of_airports_by_IATA_airport_code:_A
Flying Training School of the Royal Air Force
already been taken over by RAF Leuchars since 15 February 1928. The second incarnation of 1 FTS occurred at RAF Leuchars on 1 April 1935, tasked with
No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
No._1_Flying_Training_School_RAF
Town in Moray, Scotland
saved and RAF Leuchars instead faced the axe as part of the same Strategic Defence and Security Review. RAF Leuchars will now become, like RAF Kinloss,
Elgin,_Moray
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1918–1944)
transferred from No. 2 Group to No. 5 Group and relocated to RAF Scampton. In June they moved to RAF Leuchars for an armaments training camp. From October the squadron
Guy_Gibson
British multi-role combat aircraft of WW2
off Leuchars, Fife. All three people on board were killed. On 29 August 1944, G-AGKR disappeared on a flight from Göteborg, Sweden, to RAF Leuchars with
De_Havilland_Mosquito
WWII air raid
order to shorten the mission distance, the four aircraft were flown to RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland, where they were refuelled and loaded with eight delayed
Oslo_Mosquito_raid_(1942)
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
on 4 June 1945 at RAF Ballykelly. The squadron was re-established on 1 October 1946, by renumbering No. 160 Squadron at RAF Leuchars, Fife. It was equipped
No._120_Squadron_RAF
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal
the no-fly zones over Iraq. He took command of 1 (Fighter) Squadron at RAF Leuchars in September 2012. Flewin went on to be commander of No. 903 Expeditionary
Mark_Flewin
British Royal Air Force air marshal
1996, before being appointed Commanding Officer of 43(F) Squadron at RAF Leuchars, again flying the Tornado F3. Promoted to group captain in 1999, Bryant
Simon_Bryant_(RAF_officer)
British prince (born 1935)
Air Commodore, of RAF Leuchars 15 June 1985 – 30 June 1996: Honorary Air Vice Marshal RAF 1 July 1996: Honorary Air Chief Marshal RAF HRH The Duke of Kent;
Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent
Topics referred to by the same term
Amdo Tibetan language, from its SIL language code Leuchars Station in Scotland, UK (formerly RAF Leuchars) (IATA airport code ADX) This disambiguation page
ADX
Royal Australian Air Force squadron
submarine U-227 north of the Shetland Islands on 30 April. Moving to RAF Leuchars in Scotland, the squadron was re-equipped with Beaufighters in October
No._455_Squadron_RAAF
crest of the former RAF Leuchars, Fife, also showed the Saltire, in this case surmounted by a sword. The crest of the former RAF East Fortune, East Lothian
Flag_of_Scotland
Former Royal Air Force station in West Sussex, England
renumbered as No. 43 Squadron RAF The Meteor F.8 was introduced from September 1950 and the squadron moved to RAF Leuchars on 11 November 1950. On 25 November
RAF_Tangmere
Aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force
total of 4,269 displays in 53 countries. The 4,000th display was at RAF Leuchars during the Battle of Britain Airshow in September 2006. Following the
Red_Arrows
Airport in Scone, Scotland
operate in the vicinity the airport due to its proximity to the former RAF Leuchars, 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) to the southeast. They can fly as low
Perth_Airport_(Scotland)
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal
Staff Briefing and Co-ordination in 1985 and then Station Commander of RAF Leuchars in Fife in 1988. Promoted to air commodore in 1990, he was made Director
Anthony_Bagnall
Former Royal Air Force flying base in East Lothian, Scotland
in Paris. Having done so, the crew took off for the short flight to RAF Leuchars, but almost immediately the aircraft suffered an engine fire and had
RAF_East_Fortune
deputy director of Air Staff Briefing in 1965 and Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1967. Nicholls went on to be Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters
John_Nicholls_(RAF_officer)
Family of transport and patrol bomber aircraft
Hudsons began to be delivered, initially equipping No. 224 Squadron RAF at RAF Leuchars, Scotland in May 1939. By the start of the war in September, 78 Hudsons
Lockheed_Hudson
5 Squadron in 1970, followed by appointments as Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1973, Director of Operations (Air Defence and Overseas) in 1977 and
Alan_White_(RAF_officer)
Royal Air Force station in Northumberland, England
Squadron, Tiger Squadron, an aerobatic squadron of Lightning aircraft at RAF Leuchars 17 November 1978, Group Captain (John) Barrie Blakeley 6 February 1981
RAF_Boulmer
Last formerly airworthy Avro Vulcan jet bomber
refuelling tanker in 1982. After withdrawal in 1984 it continued with the RAF's Vulcan Display Flight, performing until 1992. In 1993 it was sold to C Walton
Avro_Vulcan_XH558
French/British attack aircraft
Week. 8 December 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025. Jackson 1992, p. 95. "RAF Leuchars Welcomes the Typhoon". Royal Air Force. 7 September 2010. Archived from
SEPECAT_Jaguar
Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
airshow event in the country, and a similar show was held in Scotland at RAF Leuchars in Fife on the same day as that at Finningley each year. The aerobatic
RAF_Finningley
Fighter aircraft in UK service
to August 1972 892 Naval Air Squadron — March 1969 to September 1972 RAF Leuchars 892 Naval Air Squadron — October 1972 to April 1978 No. 43 Squadron —
McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service - data
McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_in_UK_service_-_data
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
based at RAF Geilenkirchen in West Germany. It was equipped with the Javelin until it was disbanded in 1966. Reforming in early 1967 at RAF Leuchars the squadron
No._11_Squadron_RAF
United Kingdom's national weather service
station RAF Leuchars weather station RAF Linton-on-Ouse weather station RAF Little Rissington weather station (supported by RAF Brize Norton) RAF Lossiemouth
Met_Office
United States Air force officer
planes were scrambled from RAF Leuchars, to patrol to the north-east of Aberdeen, and two Lightning planes were scrambled from RAF Coltishall. The Strategic
William_Schaffner
RAF Supermarine Spitfire LF16s collided near Hartland Point, Devon. On 17 November 1948 two RAF de Havilland Tiger Moths collided near RAF Leuchars,
List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom
List_of_mid-air_collisions_and_incidents_in_the_United_Kingdom
Royal Air Force air marshal
group captain on 1 July 1980, he became Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1981 and at RAF Stanley in the Falkland Islands in 1983. He was appointed Commander
Michael_Graydon
British four-engined narrow-body jet airliner
mainwheel tyre burst approximately 25 minutes into a flight from RAF Leuchars to RAF Brize Norton. The tyre debris ruptured the fuel lines between the
Vickers_VC10
Plan by UK government to build a spaceport
Campbeltown Airport, Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Kinloss Barracks, RAF Leuchars, RAF Lossiemouth and Stornoway Airport, but they also included Llanbedr
British commercial spaceport competition
British_commercial_spaceport_competition
Class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives
built and they were numbered D2700-D2707. River Eden the shunter at RAF Leuchars was built to the same specification as the D2/1 and is preserved at Fife
British_Rail_Class_D2/1
Military unit
regiment of the Royal Engineers, British Army. Its headquarters is at RAF Leuchars, Fife, and has units across Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland
71 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)
71_Engineer_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)
Royal Air Force officer
responsible for the air policing of Western Germany. In 1985 he went to RAF Leuchars, where he took command of No. 111 Squadron, also known as the "Tremblers"
Peter_Walker_(RAF_officer)
Military unit
Squadron was formed from this flight with de Havilland Mosquito IIs at RAF Leuchars and Consolidated PBY Catalina IBs at Woodhaven. The Mosquitoes were operated
No._333_Squadron_RNoAF
Royal Air Force Air Commodore
Nominated Council of Malta. In 1925 he returned to the UK, first to RAF Leuchars (1925), then as Senior Air Staff Office (SASO), HQ Coastal Area (1928)
Arthur_Bigsworth
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
again 30 September 1921. It was immediately reformed the next day at RAF Leuchars, Scotland, as a naval observation squadron equipped with the Airco DH
No._3_Squadron_RAF
Former Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England
Skymasters. The unit also used RAF Leuchars in Scotland as an advanced base. On 4 March 1945, during Germany's "Operation Gisela", RAF Metfield was strafed by
RAF_Metfield
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