Airbases with runways capable of supporting E-3 AWACS:

Upper Heyford

Fairford

Alconbury

Wethersfield

Kinloss

Lossiemouth

St. Mawgan

Waddington

Airbases capable of operating Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft:

Lerwick

Stornoway

Lossiemouth

Leuchars

Cotishall

Lakenheath

Wethersfield

St. Mawgan

Waddington

 

 

Generally, all bases in England from RAF Leeming southward are oriented toward continental Europe, while all bases in Scotland and the Hebrides are oriented toward the GIUK gap and the North Sea.