RAF Bentwaters

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RAF Bentwaters was a former Royal Air Force and later United States Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known for its role in Cold War air operations and its association with the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
RAF Bentwaters canonical 1
RAF Bentwaters Airfield 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
United States Air Force station ⓘ
former military airbase ⓘ
associatedWith Rendlesham Forest UFO incident ⓘ
Rendlesham Forest incident ⓘ
basedAircraftType A-10 Thunderbolt II ⓘ
F-101 Voodoo ⓘ
F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
F-5 Freedom Fighter ⓘ
F-84 Thunderjet ⓘ
basedUnit 81st Tactical Fighter Wing ⓘ
RAF squadrons ⓘ
closureReason post–Cold War drawdown ⓘ
controlledBy United States Air Forces in Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse business park ⓘ
film and television location ⓘ
general aviation airfield ⓘ
formsComplexWith RAF Woodbridge ⓘ
garrison 81st Fighter Wing ⓘ
81st Tactical Fighter Wing ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bentwaters Parks ⓘ
RAF Bentwaters Airfield ⓘ
linked to: RAF Bentwaters
hasFunction airfield ⓘ
fighter base ⓘ
hasICAOCode EGVJ ⓘ
hasNearbyStation RAF Woodbridge ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
hasRunwayType concrete ⓘ
locatedIn East Anglia ⓘ
England ⓘ
Suffolk ⓘ
locatedNear Rendlesham Forest ⓘ
linked to: Rendlesham

Woodbridge ⓘ
notableFor Cold War NATO air defence role ⓘ
Rendlesham Forest UFO incident ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
USAFE ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf NATO ⓘ
region Suffolk Coastal district ⓘ
linked to: Suffolk Coastal
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedFor Cold War air operations ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ
nuclear strike role ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rendlesham → hasNearbyMilitarySite → RAF Bentwaters ⓘ
RAF Bentwaters → hasAlternativeName → RAF Bentwaters Airfield ⓘ
linked to: RAF Bentwaters