RAF Upper Heyford

RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Upper Heyford
Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire in England
	RAF Upper Heyford Location in Oxfordshire RAF Upper Heyford RAF Upper Heyford (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	51°56′13″N 001°15′12″W / 51.93694°N 1.25333°W
Type	RAF flying station (US Visiting Forces)
Code	UH
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force (1918–1919); Royal Air Force (1927–1950); United States Air Force (1950–1994)
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command; * No. 6 (T) Group RAF; * No. 92 (OTU) Group RAF
Condition	Closed
Site history
Built	1918
Built by	John Laing & Son Ltd
In use	1918–1919; October 1927–1994
Fate	Site sold, several buildings in various civilian uses and other areas redeveloped for housing.; Several areas and buildings given scheduled or listed status.;
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II; Cold War
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: UHF, ICAO: EGUA, WMO: 03655
Elevation	132 metres (433 ft) AMSL
Runways
09/27	2,530 metres (8,301 ft) Asphalt

Royal Air Force Upper Heyford or more simply RAF Upper Heyford is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Bicester near the village of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England. In the Second World War the airfield was used by RAF Bomber Command. During the Cold War, Upper Heyford was one of the former RAF bases chosen to house the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) nuclear-capable bombers on 90-day TDY (Temporary Duty) deployments until 1959, SAC Reflex Alert deployments from 1959 until 1965, from 1966 United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) tactical reconnaissance aircraft, and from 1970 General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark strike aircraft.