Forces Oakhanger Community Information Portal

Oakhanger

RAF Station Oakhanger was a Royal Air Force station split over three operational sites with accommodation in nearby Bordon. The main site and operations centre was near the village of Oakhanger with two other sites nearby. FAF Oakhanger was the home of No 1001 Signal Unit, responsible for supporting satellite communications services for the British Armed Forces worldwide.

Support to British military satellite communications was outsourced in 2003 and the station was decommissioned, closed and handed over to the private company at that time

Today, Oakhanger is home to 3 satellite communications units, that are either operated
by or associated with the Ministry of Defence: Telemetry and Command Station Oakhanger, NATO Satellite Ground Terminal and Skynet 5 Oakhanger Site (formerly RAF Oakhanger).

The town of Bordon is set within beautiful countryside and close to many interesting towns, for example Winchester, Portsmouth, Farnham and Guildford. It is also an easy commute into London by train.


The information on this site has been compiled from various sources accessible on the internet:  acknowledgements are due to The British Army Website, the HIVE website, and Wikipedia. 
The site is intended to be an impartial and useful source of information about the Forces Base and surrounding area for members of HM Armed Forces, their families and civilians working on the Base. There should be nothing of a sensitive nature as everything here is readily available on the internet.  If you spot anything that is out of date or just plain wrong, please contact us