RAF Valley
Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley (Welsh: Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali) (IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV) is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, and which is also used as Anglesey Airport. It provides both basic and advanced fast-jet training using the Beechcraft Texan T.1 and BAE Hawk T.2 and provides mountain and maritime training for aircrew using the Airbus Jupiter T.1 helicopter.
| RAF Valley | |||||||||
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Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali | |||||||||
| Near Holyhead, Anglesey in Wales | |||||||||
A RAF Hawk T1 flying over RAF Valley. | |||||||||
RAF Valley Shown within Anglesey RAF Valley RAF Valley (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°14′53″N 004°32′07″W | ||||||||
| Type | Training station | ||||||||
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| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | No. 22 Group (Training) | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||
| In use | 1941 – present | ||||||||
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| Current commander | Group Captain Matt Hoare | ||||||||
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| Identifiers | IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV, WMO: 03302 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 11 metres (36 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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