Number 216 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, since reforming on 1 April 2020 and is tasked with testing future drone swarm technology. It had previously operated Lockheed TriStar K1, KC1 and C2s from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, between November 1984 and March 2014.
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No. 216 Squadron leaving RAF Fayid (Egypt) for the UK in 1955
No. 216 Squadron TriStar K.1 ZD949 departing from Kemble Airfield, June 2005
De Havilland Comet C.2 XK697 operating a VIP flight from London Heathrow Airport, June 1965
Royal Air Force Waddington otherwise known as RAF Waddington is a Royal Air Force station located beside the village of Waddington, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in England.
The RAF's first Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint arrives at RAF Waddington in November 2013
RFC Waddington training station
An Avro Lancaster of No. 463 Squadron RAAF at RAF Waddington in 1944. It completed sixty seven missions and twice returned safely with half the tail plane shot away.
During his visit to RAF Waddington in June 1944, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, meets the crews of No. 467 Squadron RAAF.