RAF Menwith Hill - Primary Mission
Primary Mission
RAF Menwith Hill is an integral part of the US DoD world-wide defence communications network. Its primary mission is to provide intelligence support for UK, US and allied interests.
The base operates with the full knowledge and consent of HMG and is regarded as being of vital importance to this country’s defence strategy. RAF Menwith Hill functions primarily as a field station of the National Security Agency (NSA), which is the largest of several elements of the US DoD represented at the base. UK personnel from the MoD and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) are fully integrated at all levels within both the operational and administrative areas of the base. British staffs are aware of all facets of the base’s operations and no activity detrimental to the UK’s interests is carried out there.