page_title: RAF Little Rissington
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Little Rissington / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 637VGS RAF Little Rissington 2006
context_page_description: RAF Little Rissington is an RAF aerodrome and RAF station in Gloucestershire, England. It was once home to the Central Flying School, the Vintage Pair and the Red Arrows.
  Built during the 1930s, the station was opened in 1938 and closed in 1994. The married-quarters and main technical site were sold in 1996. RAF Little Rissington has been retained by the Ministry of Defence and is known as RAF Little Rissington Airfield. It remains active along with the southern technical sites, under the operational control of HQ No. 2 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Syerston. It is now home to 621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF and 637 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF as the primary military units, providing elementary flying training for Combined Cadet Force and Air Training Corps cadets. The airfield is also used by the forces as a relief landing ground, training area and parachute dropping area. In previous years, the Royal Air Force estate has been used as a film set, including The Avengers, part of the ice chase in Die Another Day, and the Thunderbirds film.
  In March 2015 a new hangar is being built on the airfield.
  In 2017 investment was made in upgrading facilities for the RAF Air Cadets.
caption: 637VGS Fleet 2006
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