RAF Menwith Hill - Personnel and Administration
Personnel and Administration
There are about 2200 staff from both UK and US. Approximately one third are British, drawn from HM Armed Forces, Civilian personnel, MDP and contractor staff. About one third of the US personnel are active duty military personnel representing all four services (Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps); the rest are US civilians. The majority live off base and contribute substantially to the local economy.
As with all bases made available to the USVF, an RAF officer is appointed as the ‘RAF Commander’. The RAF Commanders role is to provide advice to the US Base Commander, the senior US officer on site, on a range of UK policy and protocol matters. The RAF Commander is also responsible for liaising with the local community and has the status, disciplinary powers and responsibility of a commanding officer in respect of all UK personnel employed by the MoD at the site, with the exception of the Ministry of Defence Police. The RAF Commander has full and unrestricted access to all areas of the base and as a serving officer is responsible to the RAF chain of command, in this case Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe.