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Dishforth

AAC Dishforth

EGXD

1936-

UK 3.5nm E of Ripon, Dishforth, North Yorkshire, England

54.133333, -1.416667 · 117 feet
Location C/N Tracking

Dishforth Airfield, Boroughbridge Road, Dishforth, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, York and North Yorkshire, England, YO7 3EZ, United Kingdom

Nearby Locations

Km
RAF Topcliffe EGXZ 7.7 016°
Thirsk Racecourse GBTSK 11.7 020°
Bagby Thirsk Prv Airport EGNG 11.9 043°
RAF Linton-on-Ouse EGXU 14.3 130°
Rudding Park Hotel and Spa 18.6 196°
Swinton Park Hotel 19.0 298°
Situated close-by the A1(M) near Ripon and within the Leeming MATZ. Has two main asphalt runways (max 1858m) and a shorter, disused SW-NE where helicopters usually alight. Remains a Diversion airfield and a satellite for RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
RAF Dishforth was opened in 1936 as part of Bomber Commands expansion programme, operational 1937. Was home to RCAF units from May 1942. Enlarged in Summer and Autumn 1943 for larger bombers. Became a transport base after WWII with Hastings and Beverley until 1962. Used as a satellite landing ground for other training bases until 1991 when the administrative areas of the base were handed over to the Army, supporting the work of the Catterick garrison and the Northumberland ranges. The airfield remained under control of the RAF who continued to use it as a satellite facility for other RAF units in the Vale of York. Air Traffic Control and other airfield services are managed by RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
After its closure as an RAF base, Dishforth became home to a training establishment of the Nork Yorshire Police Force (callsign M2DF). Dishforth was home to HQ 9 Regiment, Army Air Corps from late 1991 until the remaining elements moved to RNAS Yeovilton in May 2016, to be absorbed by 1 REGT.
As of 2019, the base is home to 6 Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps, but the site is planned for closure by 2031.

Units

AbrevNick
Nork Yorshire PoliceNYP NYP
1991-2016 9 Regiment, AAC9 REGT 9 REGT
1992- 672 Squadron
1992-2000 657 Squadron
1992-2007 664 Squadron
1993-2007 656 Squadron
2006-2016 669 Squadron
2008- 659 Squadron
2013- 661 Squadron