Mission Statement: "To provide a safe, efficient, and effective airfield base environment; to enable and support, commanded, lodged and parented units; and to deliver wider Defence and RAF tasks as directed".

"Delivering now, preparing for the future"

Welcome to RAF Shawbury

In the course of a typical year around 1000 students from across UK Defence and international partners are trained to meet the challenges of military service. The Defence Helicopter Flying School trains aircrew for all three military services and the Central Flying School (Helicopter) delivers the next generation of helicopter instructors. The School of Air Operations Control trains the next generation of controllers, delivers specific pre-deployment training to those about to deploy on operations and trains selected personnel as instructors. The mission of RAF Shawbury is to ensure that personnel are robust and resilient as well as technically second to none; a ‘whole force’ of military, civil service and contractor personnel provided by Cobham Aviation Services (Helicopter Services) work together daily to deliver Shawbury’s output safely and efficiently.

Gp Capt R S Norris MA RAF

Stn Cdr