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	Buchan, Buchan Information, Buchan Wiki
		Buchan (pronounced /ˈbʌkn̩/; locally pronounced /ˈbʌxən/) is one of the six committee areas and administrative areas of Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland.
		The Earldom of Mar and Buchan formed one of the seven original Scottish earldoms; later the Earl of Buchan became separated from Mar. There is also a town of Buchan.
		RAF Buchan, a radar station, is in the area.
	www.avoo.com /wiki/Buchan (602 words)

	RAF Boulmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland.
		In late July 2004 it was announced that RAF Boulmer would close by 2012, with the majority of its functions transferring to RAF Scampton.
		The first action taken in response to this announcement was for 1ACC to move to RAF Kirton in Lyndsey, a former Fighter Command base in Lincolnshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Boulmer (403 words)

	RAF Buchan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAF Buchan is a Royal Air Force station near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire.
		Following the collapse of the Warsaw Pact Buchan took on the executive control of air defence in the UK's northern airspace, reducing Saxa Vord and RRH Benbecula to Remote Radar Heads while Buchan became a Control Reporting Centre.
		Operations formally ceased at RAF Buchan on 26 November 2004 and the domestic site was officially downsized on 31 March 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Buchan (381 words)

	RAF Buchan: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		RAF Buchan is a Royal Air Force Royal Air Force quick summary:
		The royal air force (often abbreviated to raf) is the air force branch of the uk armed forces....
		RAF Buchan is currently the parent station for two remote radar heads: RRH Benbecula RRH Benbecula quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/raf_buchan2.htm (498 words)

	The Royal Air Force - Stations
		CRC Buchan coordinates all aspects of air defence in its Area of Responsibility within the United Kingdom's Air Policing Area.
		Opened in 1962, RAF Fylingdales is primarily a Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station, with a secondary duty of detecting, reporting and tracking satellite launches and orbits.
		It is parented by nearby RAF Saint Mawgan.
	www.raf.mod.uk /stations/ukadge.html (438 words)

	UK Cold War:RAF Bases
		RAF Buchan is responsible for coordinating all aspects of air Defence for the Northern UK Air Defence Region.
		RAF Northolt was one of the key airfields in the Defence of London during the Battle of Britain.
		RAF Saxa Vord in the Shetland Islands has had an association with the Royal Air force since 1957 when it became a Radar Station, today it is a Control and Reporting Post as part of the United kingdom Air surveillance and Control system giving warning of any aircraft approaching from the North.
	www.ukcoldwar.org.uk /rafbases.htm (3918 words)

	RAF Buchan - TheBestLinks.com - Aberdeenshire, July 16, March 31, Royal Air Force, ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		RAF Buchan - TheBestLinks.com - Aberdeenshire, July 16, March 31, Royal Air Force,...
		RAF Buchan, Aberdeenshire, July 16, March 31, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom...
		RAF Buchan is a Royal Air Force base near Buchan in Aberdeenshire.
	www.thebestlinks.com /RAF_Buchan.html (177 words)

	Ryden News: RAF Buchan Sold
		The purchaser of the entire subjects is Frank Strang, a former RAF officer, who was previously a major shareholder in Prestwick Airport.
		RAF Buchan is situated in Boddam, a village 3 miles south of Peterhead and 25 miles north of Aberdeen.
		RAF Buchan originally opened in 1952 as an Air Defence Radar Unit although the existing hilltop radar site is to be retained as part of the UK 's Air Defence System, the main base at Boddam has now closed.
	www.ryden.co.uk /news/RydenNewsRAFBuchanSold.html (344 words)

	Untitled Document
		RAF St Mawgan is parent unit to CRP Portreath on the North Cornish coast.
		RAF Lossiemouth was built during 1938 and 1939 and opened on Ma 1, 1939 with No 15 Flying Training School as the major unit.
		RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow is the result of the merger of Brampton Wyton (itself a merger) with Henlow which took place on 1 Apr 01.
	www.440squadron.co.uk /Pages/f_stn.htm (5253 words)

	Subbrit:RSG: Sites: RAF Buchan: (former , ROTOR R3 GCI Radar Station 'GBU')
		Buchan started its operational life at the beginning of the ROTOR period as a Ground Control Intercept station (GCI).
		Buchan was also equipped with a more unusual set: a Westinghouse TPS-43, which was an Argentinian radar captured during the Falklands campaign.
		Buchan survived the passing of the ROTOR period and the rapid changes in Air Ministry policy and still survives today as a part of The United Kingdom Air Surveillance and Control System (UK ASACS).
	www.subbrit.org.uk /rsg/sites/b/buchan (1742 words)

	The Buchan Observer
		She received her commendation from Group Captain Ginge Clayford, Officer RAF Boulmer in Northumberland, who is now responsible for the remaining personnel at Remote Radar Head Buchan.
		An RAF spokesperson heralded Mrs Wilson's contribution, saying: "The commendation recognises Mrs Wilson's work as the assistant civilian personnel officer at RAF Buchan where she provided an outstanding level of service, especially during the extremely challenging period of RAF Buchan's reduction in personnel.
		Mrs Wilson spoke to the Buchan Observer about her award, admitting: "It is a great honour to receive such recognition for my work, and I feel privileged to have worked with the people I did during my seven years at the base.
	www.buchanie.co.uk /archived/2005/Week_47/news/raf_award.asp (514 words)

	Ryden News: RAF Buchan
		RAF Buchan is back on the market after the first use of new legislation brought a halt to the sale that almost concluded in July 2004.
		Ryden, on behalf of Defence Estates, marketed RAF Buchan in Peterhead in the late Spring / early Summer 2004.
		RAF Buchan originally opened in 1952 as an Air Defence Radar Unit and although the existing hilltop radar site is to be retained as part of the UK’s Air Defence System.
	www.ryden.co.uk /news/RydenNewsRAFBuchan05.html (366 words)

	Fighter Control Association
		As first built, RAF Pevensey covered a considerable area of the Pevensey Levels - now Pylon Farm - but the sensitive main and back-up transmitter and receiver electronics were still housed in sandbagged huts.
		Full details of the remainder of RAF Pevensey’s operational career are not known to this writer at present; however, the south coast radars were heavily attacked by the Luftwaffe on Aldertag, 12 August 1940.
		To provide cover for the Sussex area, a site was selected across the road from RAF Pevensey, and the radar installed first as a vehicle-mounted mobile unit, then hutted, and finally emplaced towards the end of the conflict in a substantial brick "Happidrome" building.
	www.raffca.co.uk /asp/basepage.asp?pagename=news98 (3086 words)

	Sioux's Aubergine Pensées
		Raf and I were musing about how this could not have happened in the 1960's when we were John's age and how wonderful it is now.
		Sunday, after church, Raf and I went to Bass Hall in Fort Worth to see the opera, Lucia di Lammermoor.
		Raf and I like to see new places all over the USA.
	siouxsue.blogspot.com (859 words)

	Update on newsitem: RAF Buchan downgraded
		It was announced in the House of Commons on 9th July that RAF Buchan is to
		The service currently provided by RAF Buchan will be transferred to RAF Boulmer in Northumberland when the present refurbishment has been completed.
		RAF Boulmer is currently celebrating it's 50th anniversary.
	www.subbrit.org.uk /rsg/news/kryo_talkback/1059245320,9035,.shtml (171 words)

	The Royal Air Force - History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In March 1943 RAF Boulmer was re-opened as a satellite airfield to house the advanced flights of 57 Operational Training Unit (a Spitfire training Unit based at RAF Eshott, Boulmer's parent unit).
		The underground facilities at RAF Boulmer were vacated in January 1982 to accommodate the implementation of the Improved UKADGE programme (the CRC operated from an above ground facility during this period).
		On 1 September 2004, RAF Boulmer also assumed responsibility, in addition to the Type 93 radar at Brizlee Wood (8 miles west of the Station) for the Type 92 radars at Buchan and Benbecula.
	www.raf.mod.uk /rafboulmer/stn_his.html (790 words)

	Aberdeen & North East Scotland Wing, ATC (Site not responding. Last check: )
		That station is responsible for the supply and upkeep of the various items of uniform and equipment required by the units within the wing.
		Situated on the North East Coast of Scotland just south of Peterhead and overlooking the North Sea, RAF Buchan is home to around 250 personnel and coordinates all aspects of air defence for the Northern UK Air Defence Region, working closely with other UK CRCs at RAF Neatishead and the standby unit at RAF Boulmer.
		A decision was recently made by the Ministry of Defence to relocate the CRC function of Buchan to the standby unit at Boulmer, reducing Buchan to a remote radar site with a much reduced manning level.
	www.aberdeenatc.org /units/units_buchan.htm (161 words)

	The Scotsman - UK - Civilian jobs blow at Scots radar base
		Last May, when the Ministry of Defence announced plans to concentrate its strategic defence centre at RAF Neatishead in Norfolk, personnel at the north-east base had been told that 71 service posts and 21 civilian workers would be retained to operate RAF Buchan as a radar station.
		Alex Salmond, the Scottish National Party MP for Banff and Buchan, who led last year’s abortive campaign to retain RAF Buchan’s strategic role, said he would be demanding an explanation for the "remarkable change" in the Ministry of Defence’s position.
		He said: "Obviously, we have known for some time that RAF Buchan was to be run down over the next two years, but this news will come as a bitter blow to the 20 or so civilian staff who had been led to believe that their jobs would be retained.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=747862003 (617 words)

	Recomnetwork \| NEWSPAPER EDITOR CHARGED UNDER ANTI-RACISM LAW (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alan Buchan, the publisher and editor of the North East Weekly, a free sheet based in Peterhead, was arrested by officers from Grampian Police in connection with the publication of an editorial in the latest issue of the newspaper, headlined "Perverts and Refugees".
		Mr Buchan was charged under a section of the Public Order Act which gives the police powers to arrest any person whom they suspect of publishing or distributing written material that is threatening, abusive, or insulting and intended to stir up racial hatred.
		Mr Buchan, a former fisherman who stood for the Scottish People's Alliance in the last general election, has now been arrested and charged in connection with the allegedly inflammatory content of the article.
	www.recomnetwork.org /articles/05/08/11/1534259.shtml (606 words)

	Editor is charged for ‘racist’ editorial comments \| Press Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alan Buchan, 45, is owner and editor of North East Weekly, a free paper distributed to homes and businesses in an area extending from Peterhead to Aberdeen, with a circulation of about 10,000.
		Buchan, who launched the paper eight years ago, has been cited to appear at Peterhead Sheriff Court on 1 September.
		The charges arise out of an editorial published on 16 June about alleged proposals to turn the former RAF Buchan site into an immigrant centre and to create a new prison at Peterhead.
	www.pressgazette.co.uk /article/110805/editor_is_charged (323 words)

	RAF Fencing Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The organisation for this event seemed to run a little bit smoother than it had in the foil event the year before and there was a minimal amount of waiting for the competition to begin.
		The RAF Fencing Union took part in the Surrey Challenge 2000 held at Epsom College on 2 April 00.
		Whilst overall RAF wins were in single numbers, each round ended with some very close fights with many fencers catching up by many points in a single bout.
	www.raffencing.co.uk /Magazine/April_2000.htm (4152 words)

	Activities and Squadron Projects (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Also stationed at RAF Leuchars are 2 University Air Squadrons, a Mountain Rescue Team, 612 Sqn and 3 Flt Army Air Corps, as well as 277 Field Squadron and 76 Eng Regt which make up the HQ and Support Squadrons of the 71 Eng Regt.
		RAF Leuchars is a Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome and as such never closes.
		During summertime which is the busiest time for 12 AEF, all cadets attending annual camps at RAF Leuchars, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Kinloss and RAF Buchan are flown in just 600 hours for a total of approximately 1,700 cadets.
	www.1145sqnatc.co.uk /id3.html (1929 words)

	Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
		Fighter Controllers at Buchan and Neatishead (in Norfolk) provide the tactical control required for Air Defence aircraft such as the Tornado F3 jets of 43 Squadron and 111 Squadron based at RAF Leuchars[101] to police the UK airspace in peace and war.
		Information gathered at Benbecula[12] and Saxa Vord[6] is passed via Buchan to the United Kingdom Air Operations Centre (UKCAOC) situated at RAF High Wycombe.
		RAF Buchan is currently in the process of being automated, and much of the base went on sale in March 2004.
	www.banthebomb.org /militaryscotland/44.html (179 words)

	Scotland Office - Our communications - Press Releases
		The Government has today announced reductions in manpower at RAF Buchan as part of a rationalisation of its Air Surveillance and Control System across the UK.
		The Ministry of Defence has consulted widely on whether to retain RAF Buchan or RAF Neatishead as a Command and Reporting Centre.
		"Accordingly it is RAF Neatishead in Norfolk that is to be retained.
	www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /our-communications/release.php?id=2699 (411 words)

	Serco sweeps the board at RAF Fylingdales
		This represents a clean sweep for Serco at RAF Fylingdales, where we have been the partner of choice for the last forty years as the only contractor appointed having been successful in ten rebids.
		The RAF Fylingdales SSPAR contract, valued at £31 million over eight years, with an option for two further years, involves the operation, maintenance and repair of the Solid State Phased Array Radar and associated hardware including programme design and maintenance.
		Serco and the RAF have established a long-term relationship which is founded upon partnership, mutual respect and trust.
	www.serco.com /media/pressreleases/2004/SercosweepstheboardatRAFFylingdales.asp (427 words)

	Incident at Buchan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although the Type 80 was a robust and pretty reliable machine, old age could not be prevented from taking its toll with the one at Buchan and one of the ways in which senility manifested itself was that, to put it rather impolitely, it developed trouble with its balls.
		Strangely the spacers are not shown in the exploded view on the previous page but that diagram clearly indicates the awful job it would have been to gain access to the ballrace if replacement was required.
		Both civilian contractors and his own RAF resources had to be organised and a major hazard was the changeable weather experienced in the north east of Scotland, a windless period of least a week being needed, so that minor miracle had to be organised too.
	www.westwight.clara.co.uk /Type80Repair.htm (407 words)

	BBC News \| Scotland \| Support pledged to island community
		Mr Wilson said the UK Government was grateful to the support Unst had given the RAF over the years but technological advances meant inevitable change.
		A decision on the future of RAF Buchan, at Peterhead, which employs more than 400 people and is also under threat, has been delayed until January.
		RAF Buchan is believed to bring an estimated £10m a year to the local economy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/521243.stm (470 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Villagers compete against firms bidding for RAF base
		AMBITIOUS plans by villagers in the North-east of Scotland to buy the RAF station on their doorstep have received a major boost from the Scottish Land Fund.
		The 16-strong group, formed to explore the possibility of a community buy-out of the RAF Buchan base at Boddam in Aberdeenshire, has been awarded more than £3,000 to commission a feasibility study into the community ownership of the base under the government’s new right-to-buy legislation.
		RAF Buchan, Scotland’s last front-line control and reporting centre for Britain’s early-warning radar network, was put on the market earlier this year by the Ministry of Defence as part of a defence review.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1034302004 (692 words)

	Wg Admin Officer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The RAF Regiment Depot was the next stop in 1975, which included a short notice deployment to Belize with the Bofor Guns of 37 Squadron RAF Regiment.
		Promoted to sergeant in 1978 he was posted to RAF Kinloss, where he spent most of his time on mobility duties, with the Nimrod Force, in Cyprus, Gibraltar and the United States of America.
		Since then he has served at RAE Buchan, RAF Laarbruch, RAF College Cranwell, RAF Decimomannu, the Ministry of Defence, where he was the Trade Sponsor for the Supply Trade Group, Headquarters Logistics Command and 14 Maintenance Unit RAF Carlisle.
	www.hqdcswatc.org.uk /html/wado.html (321 words)

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