RAF Valley

RAF Valley
Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali
Near Holyhead, Anglesey in Wales
A RAF Hawk T.1 flying over RAF Valley.
In Adversis Perfugium (Latin for 'Refuge in Adversity')
Site information
Type	Training station
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	No. 2 Group No. 22 Group (Training)
Website	www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-valley/
Location
RAF Valley Shown within Anglesey RAF Valley RAF Valley (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	53°14′53″N 004°32′07″W
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	No. 2 Group RAF - Group Captain Gez Currie No. 22 Group - Group Captain Matt Hoare
Occupants	No. 4 Squadron No. 25 Squadron No. 72 Squadron No. 202 Squadron HQ RAF Mountain Rescue Service RAF Valley Mountain Rescue Team
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV, WMO: 03302
Elevation	11 metres (36 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 13/31 2,290 metres (7,513 ft) Asphalt 01/19 1,639 metres (5,377 ft) Asphalt
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Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley (Welsh: Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali) (IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV) is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, which is also used as Anglesey Airport. It provides both basic and advanced fast-jet training using the Beechcraft Texan T.1 and BAE Systems Hawk T.2 and provides mountain and maritime training for aircrew using the Airbus Jupiter HT.1 helicopter.