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RAF Greenham Common - Update 16th September - GAMA Area
RAF Greenham Common - Update 16th September - GAMA Area
Evening guys
Left the title of this one open as will add to the thread as and when I get shots sorted out from over the years visiting the base since its closure - bits and pieces from on base and around. A big, big credit and acknowlodgement here to Mr Brian Baldwin - your enthusiasm and knowledge about the base is compelling, infectious and inspiring - I thank you!
Just the one panoramic from today's visit to the newly refurbished control tower - sadly we did not get to see 'Sally B' from the tower today - closed an hour prior to her flying by
View from Greenham Common Control Tower - Panoramic by Darren Currie, on Flickr
More to come from this base of the Cold War era
Darren
Left the title of this one open as will add to the thread as and when I get shots sorted out from over the years visiting the base since its closure - bits and pieces from on base and around. A big, big credit and acknowlodgement here to Mr Brian Baldwin - your enthusiasm and knowledge about the base is compelling, infectious and inspiring - I thank you!
Just the one panoramic from today's visit to the newly refurbished control tower - sadly we did not get to see 'Sally B' from the tower today - closed an hour prior to her flying by
View from Greenham Common Control Tower - Panoramic by Darren Currie, on Flickr
More to come from this base of the Cold War era
Darren
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Re: Greenham Common
OK - a couple more this evening - Memorials - Dedicated by Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne on 21st September 2012
Some history behind the memorials can be found here
https://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/News/Ar ... am-common/
Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
17th Airborne Division Memorial by Darren Currie, on Flickr
306th Bomb Group Memorial by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Continue Mission until Mission Complete!
501st TMW GLCM Warriors - Past & Present by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Some history behind the memorials can be found here
https://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/News/Ar ... am-common/
Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
17th Airborne Division Memorial by Darren Currie, on Flickr
306th Bomb Group Memorial by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Continue Mission until Mission Complete!
501st TMW GLCM Warriors - Past & Present by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Last edited by Knife 04 on Sun Sep 16, 2018 2:57 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Re: Greenham Common
Hi Darren
Nice start ,nice to see thank you
Saw G-BEDF tracking over there yesterday afternoon , only looked on radar because I could hear the drone
Cheers
Paul
Nice start ,nice to see thank you
Saw G-BEDF tracking over there yesterday afternoon , only looked on radar because I could hear the drone
Cheers
Paul
Re: Greenham Common
Great photos, conjuring up memories of 1981 and 1983... :-)
Re: Greenham Common
Thanks Jonathan - 'Promotion of Websites' and 'For Sale / Wanted' sections are further down the Home Pagefender wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:37 pmInterested in Greenham Common?
You may find my website interesting:
www.greenhamcommon.org.uk
Please feel free to comment on the above posts though
Darren
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Re: RAF Greenham Common
Fascinating post Darren, cant help wondering what the view was like from that tower circa 1980.
Thanks for sharing, looking forward to seeing more!
Thanks for sharing, looking forward to seeing more!
Paddle faster................. I hear banjos !
Re: RAF Greenham Common - Update 16th September GAMA
Greenham Common GAMA - GLCM Alert and Maintenance Area
A few shots from the GAMA. This is the area where the cruise missile flights were located on the base. Six shelters in total for Alpha to Foxtrot Flights. Each flight consisted of 4 TELs (Transporter Erector Launcher vehicles) and 2 LCCs (Launch Control Centre vehicles). Each launcher was capable of carrying 4 missiles so 96 missiles in total. In times of hightened tensions the convoys would be dispersed across the country to pre-surveyed launch sites.
One of the shelters was the 'QRA' shelter which also included sleeping / living accommodation, manned 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The GAMA itself was probably one of the most highly secure sites in the country at the time with several fences, each topped with razor wire, guard towers and motion sensetive alarms
This area is not open to the public - the pictures from inside the area were taken during an event held inside the GAMA
GAMA - RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
GAMA - RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
GAMA - RAF Greenham Common - from airfield entrance by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cruise Missile Shelter - GAMA RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
View through Missile Shelter, GAMA RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Storage Bunker - GAMA RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Inside Cruise Missile Shelter by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Missile Maintenance Building
GLCM Alert & Maintenance Area Building by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cruise Missile Shelter, GLCM Alert & Maintenance Area by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cruise Missile Shelter, GLCM Alert & Maintenance Area by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cruise Missile Shelter, GLCM Alert & Maintenance Area by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Not from inside the GAMA although missile related
GLCM Alpha Flight - 'Too Hot to Handle' - 501st TMW by Darren Currie, on Flickr
GLCM Alpha Flight - 'Too Hot to Handle' - 501st TMW by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Hope you found the update interesting - more to come later
Darren
A few shots from the GAMA. This is the area where the cruise missile flights were located on the base. Six shelters in total for Alpha to Foxtrot Flights. Each flight consisted of 4 TELs (Transporter Erector Launcher vehicles) and 2 LCCs (Launch Control Centre vehicles). Each launcher was capable of carrying 4 missiles so 96 missiles in total. In times of hightened tensions the convoys would be dispersed across the country to pre-surveyed launch sites.
One of the shelters was the 'QRA' shelter which also included sleeping / living accommodation, manned 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The GAMA itself was probably one of the most highly secure sites in the country at the time with several fences, each topped with razor wire, guard towers and motion sensetive alarms
This area is not open to the public - the pictures from inside the area were taken during an event held inside the GAMA
GAMA - RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
GAMA - RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
GAMA - RAF Greenham Common - from airfield entrance by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cruise Missile Shelter - GAMA RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
View through Missile Shelter, GAMA RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Storage Bunker - GAMA RAF Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Inside Cruise Missile Shelter by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Missile Maintenance Building
GLCM Alert & Maintenance Area Building by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cruise Missile Shelter, GLCM Alert & Maintenance Area by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cruise Missile Shelter, GLCM Alert & Maintenance Area by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cruise Missile Shelter, GLCM Alert & Maintenance Area by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Not from inside the GAMA although missile related
GLCM Alpha Flight - 'Too Hot to Handle' - 501st TMW by Darren Currie, on Flickr
GLCM Alpha Flight - 'Too Hot to Handle' - 501st TMW by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Hope you found the update interesting - more to come later
Darren
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Re: RAF Greenham Common - Update 16th September - GAMA Area
Nice post, an area very rarely photographed.
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