December 1999-February 2001
Old Command Area, between the Tech. Site and the Domestic Site
The first picture is donated by Jose Badillo - I thought it would help orientate the following four pictures. Jose says "photo shows the location of the old Combat Support Group in the background." To your right is the boundary fence, alongside the Eyke-end taxi-way. To your left is the domestic site.
The following four pictures were taken inside the gates that are at the end of the road in JB's photo, above.
2. An unidentified hut inside the old Command area!
3. The main comms building.
4. Security fencing around the comms area.
Note the square chimney, similar to the one in the steam/boiler house on the domestic site.
5. The long Nissen hut inside the old Command area but outside the newer comms buildings.
As at September 2009, this building is still lying there decaying.
Views from the RAF Bentwaters Control Tower
6. From inside the Control Tower, towards Tunstall.
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7. From the Control Tower balcony, towards Training University and bagnasty (left) HASs and Victor Alert.
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8. From inside the Control Tower towards Training University and bagnasty (left) HASs and Victor Alert..
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In the larger 800-pixel images you can see the details, including the sheep!
Since October 2001, the sheep were removed.
Interior details of the Control Tower
9. Stairway artwork.
10. Artist's signature - Balinski.
11. 525 TFS Decal
The 525th TFS logo is VERY similar to the K-9 Sentry Dog patch! Is there a copyright issue here?!
Weapons Storage Area
"Neither the UK or US government will confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons."
12. The Bentwaters WSA at sundown.
13. Multi-layered security fencing for the WSA.
14. Entrance to the Bentwaters Weapons Storage Area.
15. View of the WSA entrance from the guard tower inside the WSA.
16. Weapons Inspection building within the WSA at RAF Bentwaters, from the guard tower.
17. The view from the guard tower, along "hot row" towards the distant brown-painted building 560.
18. Electric inner gates at the entrance to the WSA at RAF Bentwaters.
19. One of the large blast-proof storage buildings in "hot row" in the WSA at RAF Bentwaters.
20. Weapons Inspection building, in the NMSA, just outside the WSA.
21. Wall art on the Weapons Inspection building stating "We live so others may die!"
22. "The green building" Missile loading/unloading facility?
23. Well blast-protected building inside the WSA with overhead wires,
presumably to bring lightning strikes to earth. Is this a missile or "special weapon" assembly building?
24. Door to the missile assembly building.
Technical Site
25. Portable shelter known as a TRN-42 Runway Supervisory Unit. It was equipped with Air to Ground radios and was sometimes used as an alternate tower. Caption from Donald Winecoff.
26. "Phase Row" hangars.
27. Russian Bear on the doors of the HAS that housed the F-16s of the 527th Aggressor Squadron.
28. A Guard tower in the NMSA(?) - Victor Alert barns on the far left.
Domestic Site
29. Barracks, shortly before demolition.
30. The relatively new Commuity Center. "They" don't know what to do with it now.
31. The bowling alley.
32. The BX.