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RAF Blenheim Crescent
Ruislip, Hillingdon, Greater London in England
Entrance to RAF Blenheim Crescent
RAF Blenheim CrescentShown within Greater London
Coordinates	51°34′10″N 000°26′01″W / 51.56944°N 0.43361°W / 51.56944; -0.43361
Type	RAF station (US Visiting Forces)
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	United States Air Force
Controlled by	US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
Condition	Operational

Royal Air Force Blenheim Crescent or more RAF Blenheim Crescent is a non-flying Royal Air Force station, in Ruislip, in Greater London, England, presently used by the United States military for administration.

Units

The site was originally leased to the United States Navy but transferred to the United States Air Force in October 2007. The primary units assigned to the base are branch offices of the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, US Army International Technology Center Atlantic, the Office of Naval Research Global, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Joint NATO National Support Element, the Defense Energy Support Center and the Fleet Industrial Supply Center. After the base underwent renovation, personnel from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and U.S. Air Force relocated there, alongside civilian staff and contractors. The base also became home to a small number of Canadian Forces personnel.

RAF Blenheim Crescent has no RAF personnel present, and is commanded by an officer of the U.S. Air Force at the rank of colonel.

References

1. ^ "RAF Blenheim Crescent". Hansard. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
2. "RAF Blenheim Crescent". Hansard. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
3. "Canadian Forces Europe – Welcome to United Kingdom". 20 June 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
4. "Written answers for 16 December 2009". Hansard. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

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bases	active USAFE RAF Alconbury RAF Barford St John RAF Blenheim Crescent RAF Croughton RAF Fairford RAF Feltwell RAF Welford RAF Lakenheath RAF Molesworth RAF Mildenhall other RAF Menwith Hill (AFISR) RAF Digby inactive USAFE RAF Bentwaters RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Wethersfield RAF Upwood SAC / USAFE RAF Bassingbourn RAF Brize Norton RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Chelveston RAF Greenham Common RAF Upper Heyford RAF Daws Hill RAF Little Rissington RAF Manston RAF Scampton RAF Sculthorpe RAF Waddington RAF Woodbridge RAF Wyton other RAF Burtonwood (AFMC) RAF Chicksands (USAFSS)
organizations	active United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) 48th Fighter Wing 100th Air Refueling Wing 501st Combat Support Wing Headquarters Air Command Europe Third Air Force former Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom Sixteenth Air Force
Part of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)

• Royal Air Force stations in London
• Installations of the United States Air Force in the United Kingdom
• Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hillingdon
• History of the London Borough of Hillingdon
• Military history of Middlesex