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RAF Odiham

Royal Air Force Odiham operates three Support Helicopter (SH) squadrons and one Army Air Corps (AAC) Lynx squadron. A conversion flight is incorporated in one of SH squadrons. The flying units are supported by Forward Support Wing, which provides 2nd line aircraft, equipment engineering and logistics support, and by Base Support Wing, which manages the Station infrastructure, finance, welfare and other support tasks. Ops Wing is responsible for co-ordinating all aspects of operational and logistic output and also manages the airfield services.

RAF Odiham is situated 7 miles from Basingstoke. As RAF Odiham is centrally located it has a vast supply of facilities located within the surrounding towns, such as the Aquadrome in Basingstoke. RAF Odiham is located on the outskirts of a very small but pretty village which has a few shops and also the local schools are located within the village.

RAF Odiham has a gymnasium, squash courts, tennis courts, swimming Pool, Spar shop, Officers' Mess, Sergeants' Mess, Junior Ranks' Mess and it also has the Sportsman's Bar which is an all ranks facility on station. Click for Station Facilities.

There are four Service Funds Accommodation areas associated with RAF Odiham: Burghfield is located 22 miles away on the outskirts of Reading, Church Crookham is located 7 miles away, Alton again is located 7 miles away and finally we have quarters located just outside the main gates to RAF Odiham.




The information on this site has been compiled from various sources accessible on the internet:  acknowledgements are due to MOD Website,  RAF Website,  HIVE website, & 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  If you spot anything that is out of date or just plain wrong, please contact us.