page_title: RAF Halton
section_title: Future
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Halton / Future
caption_attribution_description: English: Passing Out Parade, RAF Halton On the 19th. July 2006, my daughter took part in this Passing Out Parade, at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire. It was one of the hottest days of the year, but in Full Dress, out in the mid-day sun for nearly two hours, they put on a great display, and I was one of many proud parents who came to celebrate their achievement.
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Halton, or more simply RAF Halton, is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom. It is located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The site has been in use since the First World War but is due to close by 2025.
  The Duchess of Cornwall is the Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Halton.
context_section_description: On 7 November 2016, in a speech to the House of Commons by the Defence Secretary, it was announced that the RAF Halton airfield would cease to be part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) estate and was scheduled to be disposed of by 2022. The following month, a letter from the Defence Secretary to MP David Lidington confirmed the planned phases prior to disposal of the site:
  Phase 1 – Airfield disposal.
  Phase 2 – Relocation of School of Recruit Training and Airmen's Command School to RAF College Cranwell.
  Phase 3 – Relocation / rationalisation of lodger units.
  On 28 February 2019, after a revision of the Defence Estates Optimisation Plan, MoD minister Tobias Ellwood MP announced that RAF Halton would not close until at least 2025. This was confirmed in letters sent from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in May 2019 to local residents, stating that phased withdrawal would commence in 2022 with full disposal achieved in 2025.
caption: A Passing Out Parade at RAF Halton during July 2006
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