RAF Neatishead
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| Royal Air Force Station Neatishead | |
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| Active | 1941 – present |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | NATO |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Type | Air Defence |
| Role | formerly: Sector Operations Centre, then: Control and Reporting Centre, now: Remote Radar Head |
| Part of | No. 2 Group RAF |
| Based near | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Nickname | "Neat" |
| Motto | Caelum Tuemur Latin: "We Watch over the Sky" |
| Royal Air Force Ensign |  |
| March | Royal Air Force March Past |
| Equipment | Type 7 Radar, FPS 6 height finding radar, Type 84 radar, Type 85 radar, R15 Radar |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Flight Lieutenant Dan Gibson |
| Insignia | |
| Station crest heraldry | the lowered head of a horned bull |
Royal Air Force Station Neatishead, more commonly known as RAF Neatishead, is a Royal Air Force military radar station in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia, and was established during the Second World War. It consists of the main technical site, and a number of remote, and sometimes unmanned sites.
The station motto is Caelum Tuemur, meaning "We Watch over the Sky". The station crest depicts the lowered head of a horned bull; and relates to the origins of the word "Neatishead", deriving from old Anglo Saxon language "Nethes Herda", meaning the "abode of the keeper of cattle".
The primary function of Neatishead was as a "Control and Reporting Centre" (CRC) for the south of the United Kingdom; it forms a part of the UK's air defences - namely the UK "Air Surveillance And Control System" (ASACS), and is part of the larger NATO air defence. It uses radar, ground-to-air radio and digitally encrypted data links.
RAF Neatishead controls the remote site of Trimingham with its Type 93 Radar. It also controls the site at Weyborne with its two AEGIS aerials.
Neatishead also houses the Air Defence Radar Museum.
In April 2004 the decision was taken to substantially reduce activities at Neatishead, and by 2006, the base had been downgraded to Remote Radar Head (RRH) status, but the museum remains open.
[edit] External links
- RAF Neatishead official website
- RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
- Gallery of images of Neatishead from ServicePals.com
[edit] See also
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