National ORBATs

RAF Benson

RAF Benson is a support helicopter station whose Air Wing works under Joint Aviation Command (Army) while the airbase works to No 2 Group, providing rapid support for UK military operations worldwide.

Where

Benson, South Oxfordshire

Based here

• 230 Squadron
  Support helicopter squadron; its page describes it as home of the RAF's Puma Force
• 28 (AC) Squadron
  Support helicopter squadron (its page lists the Chinook)
• 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron
  Trains the RAF's support helicopter crews. It acts as the operational conversion unit for the Chinook.
• 6 Air Experience Flight
  Air experience flights for Air Cadets
• 606 Squadron RAuxAF
  Reserve squadron augmenting ground branches
• Joint Helicopter Support Squadron
  Joint RAF/Army ground support to the Support Helicopter Force (helicopter handling and underslung loads)
• Oxford University Air Squadron
  University Air Squadron
• XXII Squadron
  Operational Evaluation Unit testing new equipment for helicopter types across the three Services

Sources

• RAF Benson | Royal Air Force Royal Air Force