RAF Boulmer | |||||||||
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| Near Boulmer, Northumberland in England | |||||||||
 A Phantom aircraft as gate guardian | |||||||||
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  RAF Boulmer Shown within Northumberland | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°25′19″N 001°36′12″W / 55.42194°N 1.60333°W | ||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | No. 11 Group (Multi-domain Operations) | ||||||||
| Size | 1100 Service personnel, civil servants and contractors | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1940 (Original site) 1953 (Current site) | ||||||||
| In use | 1940-1945 (Original site) 1953-present (Current site) | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Wing Commander Charlotte Best | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: EGQM, WMO: 03240 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 24 metres (79 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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Royal Air Force Boulmer or more simply RAF Boulmer /ˈbuːmər/[note 1] is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland, England, and is home to Aerospace Surveillance and Control System (ASACS) Force Command, Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) Boulmer.
The School of Aerospace Battle Management and support staff was based there until 26 July 2019; it has since moved to RAF Shawbury. Until 30 September 2015, it was also home to A Flight, No. 202 Squadron RAF, who flew the Westland Sea King HAR.3 in the SAR (Search and Rescue) role.
- ^ "RAF Boulmer (Hansard, 22 January 2004)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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