List of Royal Air Force stations
RAF stations operated by the United States Visiting Forces
At the invitation of the UK Government, the United States has had military forces (US Visiting Forces) permanently stationed in the UK since the Second World War.

List of Royal Air Force stations

Section Title: RAF stations operated by the United States Visiting Forces
Table Section Text: At the invitation of the UK Government, the United States has had military forces (US Visiting Forces) permanently stationed in the UK since the Second World War.

Name	Constituent country	County	Units and purpose

RAF Alconbury	England	Cambridgeshire	Non-flying station home to the USAF 423rd Air Base Group (part of the 501st Combat Support Wing) which provides services and accommodation to support operations at RAF Molesworth and the Joint Warfare Centre, Stavanger in Norway.

RAF Barford St John	England	Oxfordshire	Non-flying station operated as a signals intelligence relay station by the USAF. The facility is a satellite station of RAF Croughton and controlled remotely.

RAF Croughton	England	Northamptonshire	Non-flying station operated as a signals intelligence facility by the USAF and US intelligence agencies. The station is operated by the USAF 422nd Air Base Group (part of the 501st Combat Support Wing).

RAF Fairford	England	Gloucestershire	Forward operating airfield predominately used by USAF heavy bombers such as the B-1B Lancer, B-2A Spirit and B-52H Stratofortress. The station is operated by the USAF 420th Air Base Squadron, 422nd Air Base Group (part of the 501st Combat Support Wing).

RAF Feltwell	England	Norfolk	Non-flying station, operated as a space intelligence facility by the USAF 18th Intelligence Squadron (Detachment 4), part of the 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group.

RAF Lakenheath	England	Suffolk	Home to the USAF 48th Fighter Wing operating the F-15C/D and F-15E. The wing comprises the 492d Fighter Squadron (FS), 493d FS and the 494th FS.

RAF Menwith Hill	England	North Yorkshire	Joint UK/US signals intelligence gathering station which functions primarily as a field station of the US National Security Agency. Operations are supported by the USAF 421st Air Base Squadron which is part of the 501st Combat Support Wing.

RAF Mildenhall	England	Suffolk	Home to the USAF 100th Air Refuelling Wing operating the KC-135R Stratotanker, the 352nd Special Operations Wing operating the CV-22 Osprey, MC-130J Commando II and MC-130H Combat Talon II.

RAF Molesworth	England	Cambridgeshire	Non-flying station, home to the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe (JIOCEUR) Analytic Center operated by the US Defense Intelligence Agency and the J2 Directorate which provides US Africa Command with intelligence.

RAF Welford	England	Berkshire	Non-flying station used as ammunition depot in support of bomber operating from RAF Fairford. The station is operated by the USAF 420th Munitions Squadron (part of the 501st Combat Support Wing).

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Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, UK.

final_sentence: Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, UK.