RAF High Wycombe

RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station located in Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It was built in 1938 and has been in continuous use since. The station was originally designed to house RAF Bomber Command, with buildings camouflaged to resemble other uses, such as a manor house for the Officers' Mess and a village church for the fire station. Tunnels connect the blocks, including an Operations Block 17 meters below ground. During World War II, it was known as 'Southdown' for secrecy and hosted the 325th Photographic Wing, United States Army Air Forces, from 1944 to 1945. A small unpaved airfield at Lacey Green was used for flights between June 1944 and late 1945.

Post-war, Headquarters, 7th Air Division of the Strategic Air Command relocated to High Wycombe in 1958, commanding SAC operations in the UK until 1965. RAF Strike Command was formed here in 1968 by merging Bomber and Fighter Commands. In 1994, Headquarters Allied Forces North Western Europe (AFNORTHWEST) of NATO was established at the station. In 2007, RAF Strike Command merged with RAF Personnel and Training Command to form RAF Air Command, which is now headquartered at RAF High Wycombe.

The station is also the headquarters for the European Air Group and the United Kingdom Space Command, including the UK Space Operations Centre and 1 Space Operations Squadron. Other units based at RAF High Wycombe include the RAF Safety Centre, RAF Digital, and the National Air & Space Operations Centre (NASOC).