RAF Leeming

RAF Leeming
Near Leeming, North Yorkshire in England
An RAF C-17 above the runway at RAF Leeming
Straight and True[1]
RAF Leeming Shown within North Yorkshire
Coordinates	54°17′33″N 001°32′08″W / 54.29250°N 1.53556°W / 54.29250; -1.53556
Grid reference	SE305890[2]
Type	Air combat support station
Area	508 hectares (1,260 acres)[3]
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	No. 1 Group (Air Combat)
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1939 (1939)
In use	June 1940 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Group Captain P. T. Hamilton[4]
Occupants	No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit No. 90 Signals Unit No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 607 Squadron (RAuxAF) No. 609 Squadron (RAuxAF Regiment) Mountain Rescue Team See Based units section for full list.
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: QXL, ICAO: EGXE, WMO: 03257
Elevation	40.5 metres (133 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 16/34 2,291 metres (7,516 ft) Asphalt
Source: UK MIL AIP Leeming[5]

Royal Air Force Leeming or more simply RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station located near Leeming, North Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1940 and was jointly used by the RAF and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Between 1950 and 1991, it operated mostly as a training base with Quick Reaction Force (QRF) Panavia Tornado F3 fighters based there in the latter stages of the Cold War and into the early 21st century. Since 2006, it has become the home of the deployable RAF communications cadre (No. 90 Signals Unit RAF) and the home of No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing.