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The Station

RAF Honington in Suffolk is home to some 1600 personnel including RAF, Army and MOD Civil Servants and Contractors.

The Station provides a home for the Headquarters responsible for delivery of RAF Police and RAF Regiment activities across the globe under Air Officer Global Enablement.

RAF Honington hosts initial and further training for RAF Regiment and specialist professional training across both RAF Regiment and RAF Police and pre deployment training for whole force RAF personnel.

Outside of Global Enablement staff, Honington is home to a Specialist Police Wing and several squadrons of RAF Regiment and RAF Police including RAuxAF reservist units.

No 611 Volunteer Gliding Squadron flies the Viking T1 Glider from RAF Honington in support of the RAF Air Cadets.

28 Regiment Royal Engineers provides the Defence Counter-Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear capability from its Headquarters Squadron also based at RAF Honington.

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Commander

Wing Commander Mark Hinde MBA BSc (Hons) RAF

Wg Cdr Hinde is an Air and Space Operations officer with extensive Joint operational experience.  He commenced as RAF Honington’s Station Commander in July 2025 following a posting as Chief of Staff for RAF Global Enablement within HQ No.2 Group.

Hinde has significant command and staff experience in the Joint environment; has delivered operational-level planning training worldwide and has deployed on operational tours in Afghanistan, Cyprus and the Falklands.

Who's based here

Squadrons

1 Squadron RAF Regiment
2623 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
3 RAF Police (Reserve) Squadron
1 Tactical Police & Security Squadron
2 RAF Police Counter Intelligence Squadron

Units

Contact Details
Phone: 07929828850
[email protected]

Rehearsal Night
Thursday 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

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28 Engineer Regiment provide counter-chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (C-CBRN) support to UK Defence. 

Active from the 1 April 2019, they offer point and area reconnaissance for hazards such as lethal nerve agents, biological agents, and potentially hazardous radiological sources; as well as confirm the presence or absence of hazards, and if required will retrieve samples for analysis.  The Regiment also observe the aerospace, surface or subsurface areas, places or persons.

RAF Honington NEWS

2025 RAF Police Military Working Dog Trials Winners

06 Oct 2025

RAF Police Dog Teams Compete for Top Honours at 2025 Military Working Dog Trials

19 Sep 2025

RAF Police Appoints New Provost Marshal Warrant Officer

28 Jul 2025

RAF Honington Welcomes New Station Commander

14 Jul 2025

History

RAF Honington opened in 1937 during the expansion of the RAF due to the growing threat of War.

Home to RAF and Czechoslovakian Bomber Squadrons, the Station was handed to the USAAF in 1942 as a repair depot for B-17s, joined in 1944 by P-38 and then P-51 of the 364 FG.

After several years as a Transport Command station, it returned to its operational flying role in 1955 with the arrival of Canberras and, for a short time, Shackleton’s.

In 1969 Honington became home to the Buccaneer until 1984 overlapping with the Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit formed in 1981. No lX(B) Squadron stood up in 1982 as the world first operational Tornado squadron before departing for Germany in 1986.

In 1994 the Station was handed over to the RAF Regiment which relocated its Depot from RAF Catterick to Honington and joined subsequently by the RAF Police in . The station is pivotal to the planning, training and delivery of security to the UKs Air and Space Power assets across the Globe.

Key dates

1937   Station founded.

1942   Station handed over to the United States 8th Army Air Force and the Advanced Air Depot.

1946   Station returned to the RAF.

1994   Station became the Home of the RAF Regiment.