mod stafford

[JAWS]

Found this on Wikipedia :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Stafford

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD_Stafford

http://military-genealogy.forcesreunite ... upply_Wing

[headset 57]

242.25 Ops

[jindivik]

Stafford ops 278.175 air/ground, the HLS is to the left of the main gate but behind a few buildings used quite alot at night but has lean periods, as stated above, 242.250 is a A/A freq used by various helos, all 3 services have been noted at the site for refuel, hope this helps,

[SteveS]

The RAF Museum Reserve Collection is also located there, and my God it's amazing! I was like a kid in a massive aviation related candy shop.

[jindivik]

Hi Steve
Are the Jindiviks still stored there, or are they all gone to the scrap man, i know they have a example stored indoors
as you say its a gold mine for aircraft

[SteveS]

Hmm, don't recall seeing any, but it was a couple of years back. Mind I was too busy wetting myself about the whacking great chunks of Stirling fuselage....[drooool]

[Arthur Tee]

Hi Steve
Are the Jindiviks still stored there, or are they all gone to the scrap man, i know they have a example stored indoors
as you say its a gold mine for aircraft

The Jindiviks were present only for a short time - but not at MOD Stafford. They were with a private 'holding' company which used one of the old supply sites next to the Police station. I was fortunate to gain access and logged about a dozen - some of which had never flown. Unfortunately permission for photos was not granted - and I think they were scrapped somewhere near Tamworth soon after.

Arthur

[jindivik]

Hi Steve
Are the Jindiviks still stored there, or are they all gone to the scrap man, i know they have a example stored indoors
as you say its a gold mine for aircraft

The Jindiviks were present only for a short time - but not at MOD Stafford. They were with a private 'holding' company which used one of the old supply sites next to the Police station. I was fortunate to gain access and logged about a dozen - some of which had never flown. Unfortunately permission for photos was not granted - and I think they were scrapped somewhere near Tamworth soon after.

Arthur

Thanks Arthur,
I think the examples that never flew were part of the 900 series, shame really as i watched them out of Llanbedr for over 40 years until closure in 2004

[Arthur Tee]

Hi Steve
Are the Jindiviks still stored there, or are they all gone to the scrap man, i know they have a example stored indoors
as you say its a gold mine for aircraft

The Jindiviks were present only for a short time - but not at MOD Stafford. They were with a private 'holding' company which used one of the old supply sites next to the Police station. I was fortunate to gain access and logged about a dozen - some of which had never flown. Unfortunately permission for photos was not granted - and I think they were scrapped somewhere near Tamworth soon after.

Arthur

Thanks Arthur,
I think the examples that never flew were part of the 900 series, shame really as i watched them out of Llanbedr for over 40 years until closure in 2004

Checked my log - I noted the following in Feb 2005...

A92-903, A92-904, A92-905, A92-906, A92-907, A92-909, A92-910, A92-911, A92-912, A92-913, A92-914, A92-917, ZJ513+ 1 other unidentified example.
They were noted in 'quarantine' with UK Surplus.

Arthur

[Arthur Tee]

I went past Stafford on the train last weekend and there were four Hercules fuselages clearly visible - looked like C.1s, two green and two grey.

Mario - that's Hixon you were looking at!

Arthur

[POL]

Belongs to these people: http://www.airandground.com/

[Ben Montgomery]

The RAF Museum Reserve Collection is also located there, and my God it's amazing! I was like a kid in a massive aviation related candy shop.

I have some pictures from the collection at Stafford if anyone would like me to post them up?

Yes Please!

[romeo bravo]

New here but have lived in Stafford since 1992. RAF/MOD Stafford has always intrigued me - not least as its so big but yet has no runway! Recently (probably in the last 6 months) we've seen a lot more interesting helis than the usual Air Ambulance and Police overhead - Chinooks seem more frequent and I was amazed to see an Apache fly low overhead a couple of weeks ago!

Is there any particular reason for this increased activity?

Ps, I'd love to see those photos and also hear a bit more about the base history - sadly Wikipedia has nothing to say on it...

You will probably find out it has something to do with TSW (Tactical Support Wing) being there. Aircrews getting hands-on hot refuelling training.

[Dan Kemsley]

Thought i would rekindle the post! I have lived in Stafford for 30 years and have seen many movements go in and out of Stafford including the Jollys! I have many images of recent movements from TSW including Apaches, Lynx, Pumas, Chinooks, Griffins and my brother has Merlins which i have not.......The HLS is a difficult place to tog as the guys that refuel the helis get a little nervous but yet some just get on with the job, we have been questioned many times about the reason we tog the location. I shall put some images up if people are interested?

[Dan Kemsley]

A recent post
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=93235

[Dan Kemsley]

The HLS is currently on the second choice due to maintanence