RAF Cosford
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| RAF Cosford | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: N/A - ICAO: EGWC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||
| Serves | Albrighton | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 272 ft (83 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 3,890 | 1,186 | Asphalt |
RAF Cosford (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGWC) is a Royal Air Force station in Shropshire, just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton.
RAF Cosford opened in 1938 as a joint aircraft maintenance, storage and technical training unit. It has remained mainly a training unit to this day. Schools stationed there include: No. 1 School of Technical Training, No 1 Radio School, the Defence School of Photography and the RAF School of Physical Training. Flying units include the University of Birmingham Air Squadron, No 8 Air Experience Flight and No 633 Volunteer Gliding Squadron. The Wales and West regional headquarters and West Mercian Wing headquarters of the Air Training Corps are based there.
There is also the Aerospace Museum at the site, which is a branch of the RAF Museum, displaying a unique collection of research and development aircraft, along with collections of missiles and airliners. The annual Cosford Air Show takes place here, normally in early Summer.
It was recently announced that RAF Cosford will close in 2011.
[edit] Trivia
The Fulton Mess barrack block is the largest single building barrack block in the UK.
[edit] External links
- Official Cosford site
- RAF Museum Cosford
- Official 633 Gliding School site
- World Aero Data airport information for EGWC
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