Credenhill
CREDENHILL: Military helicopter base
Note: All four of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©. The helicopter in the detail picture is an Agusta A109a, ZE412, 'borrowed' Graham Frost tells us, from the Argentine Air Force.
Operations: 658 Sqdn AAC (Westland Gazelle AH.1 & Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin II)
Location: S of the A480, just SE of Credenhill village, about 4nm WNW to NW of Hereford city centre
Period of operation: From about 1999 to -
Runway: 08/26 150 hard
NOTES: This site, also known as Stirling Lines, was opened in 1999 as a new base for the SAS, (Special Air Services). Training in helicopter operations clearly being given, since opening, as something of a priority. Initially, as the pictures above show, only an apron was provided, with the runway being added later.
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