Tain Air Weapons Range

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Tain Air Weapons Range

Tain Air Weapons Range is a Ministry of Defence air weapons range on the Dornoch Firth near Tain in Scotland. Royal Air Force aircrews from RAF Lossiemouth are trained in air weaponry on the range, along with NATO aircrew.[1]

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Tain Air Weapons Range
Near Tain, Highlands in Scotland
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Tain Air Weapons Range including the range control tower
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Tain AWR
Location in the Highlands
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Tain AWR
Tain AWR (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates57°48′40″N 003°58′24″W
TypeAir weapons range
Area1,196 hectares (2,960 acres)
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorDefence Infrastructure Organisation
Open to
the public
Yes (unless red flags flying)
ConditionOperational
Site history
Built1930 (1930)
In use1930 – present
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It was previously known as Royal Air Force Tain and Royal Naval Air Station Tain.

History

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RAF Tain on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1941
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Observation tower at RAF Tain

The airfield opened in September 1941 under the command of RAF Fighter Command during the Second World War. It was particularly active in summer 1944 during anti-u-boat operations. It closed in spring 1946.[2] The original airfield is no longer in operation, but still exists within the boundaries of the range.[1] It became a weapons range in 1954 and is now the largest live weapons range in the Defence Training Estates.[1]

On 1 April 2006, as part of a rationalisation of military training facilities in the UK, control of RAF Tain transferred from the RAF to Defence Training Estates and the range became known as Tain Air Weapons Range.[3]

Units stationed at RAF Tain during the Second World War

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The following units were posted to the airfield at some point during the Second World War:

First-line squadrons

Meteorological squadrons

Training and development units

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