RAF Valley | |||||||||
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Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali | |||||||||
Near Holyhead, Anglesey in Wales | |||||||||
![]() A RAF Hawk T.1 flying over RAF Valley. | |||||||||
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Coordinates | 53°14′53″N 004°32′07″W / 53.24806°N 4.53528°W | ||||||||
Type | Training station | ||||||||
Site information | |||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
Controlled by | No. 2 Group No. 22 Group (Training) | ||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||
Site history | |||||||||
Built | 1941 | ||||||||
In use | 1941 – present | ||||||||
Garrison information | |||||||||
Current commander | No. 2 Group RAF - Group Captain Gez Currie No. 22 Group - Group Captain Matt Hoare[2] | ||||||||
Occupants |
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Airfield information | |||||||||
Identifiers | IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV, WMO: 03302 | ||||||||
Elevation | 11 metres (36 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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DAFIF[3][4] |
Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley (Welsh: Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali) (IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV) is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, and which is also used as Anglesey Airport. It provides both basic and advanced fast-jet training using the Beechcraft Texan T.1 and BAE Systems Hawk T.2 and provides mountain and maritime training for aircrew using the Airbus Jupiter HT.1 helicopter.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.